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Old 08-24-2009, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by RML View Post
I am certainly anything but an electronics expert but wouldn't the 16V vs 35V rating be a problem? Or is that just the upper limit of what the capacitor can tolerate?
You can safely use a higher voltage rated cap, just not lower. If you go way higher you might have problems but 35V instead of 16V isn't an issue...in fact it will just last longer. Electrolytic caps seem to be the weak link in lots of old electronics so they are the component I scrutinize when an assembly fails...in this case it was the culprit.
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