Capacitor question for hardware gurus

[nBit7]

Ah-ha!!! Is THIS it??

Yes that should be fine.

[Oliver]

Hi Red,

Just for general interest, here is a list of capacitor tolerance codes.  Usually, power supply caps have a wide margin for error, unless it's going to be supplying a high frequency device.

nBit7 wrote:
I am a little worried by the "NPHF" the "NP" series of Samhwa cap is a non-polarised cap.

Just as a general note, I think the issue that nBit7 is refering to, is that non-polarised caps should not be replaced with polarised caps.  Replacing polarised, with non-polarised would generally be fine.  Non polarised caps are used when the voltage across the cap will have both positive and negative swing.

[Zac67]

If you have a choice, you should go for the 105° types. Electrolytic caps degrade over time and the higher the temperature, the faster they degrade. 105° caps have a slower degradation, i.e. last longer - except where temperature is no issue at all (<40°C).

[redrumloa]

Axial are getting harder to get. I am a little worried by the "NPHF" the "NP" series of Samhwa cap is a non-polarised cap.

One small mistake on my part, it is a radial cap, not an axial cap. Brain fart :crazy: I will post a picture later when I get a chance. The cap I ordered is a non-polarised cap. I hope the one I ordered is right, with shipping it cost me almost $12.

[_yak_]

'M' probably stands for 'Military spec'.
:lol: