Source for Electrolytic Capacitors

[al winfrey]

Here is a good source for multi-section electrolytic caps:

http://www.agtannenbaum.com/parts.html

I do have one additional comment: Don't get too wild with choosing
capacitor values that are greater than the design calls for. The reason
is that a capacitor looks like a dead short momentarily until it charges
up. It was originally chosen with the electrical values of the rest of
the power supply in mind.  That means that increasing the capacitance
radically may cause the power supply to start blowing fuses and could
even pop the diodes and in reality buys you nothing.

Hope this helps.

73's

Al Winfrey - WA9HSL
(a keeper of the green)

....

> In repairing some of my old Heathkits, I need to buy a few new
> electrolytic capacitors used in the B+ circuit. Can anyone suggest a
> good mail order source? Right now I need two, a 16 MFD and a 20 MFD both
> at 150 volts. Also wondering how critical the MFD value is. Could I, for
> example, use a 20 MFD instead of a 16 MFD for B+ filtering?
>
> 73,
> Frank, KD2BM

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