V G wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I was recently advised to include a stock of large value non-polarized
> capacitors in my EE "toolbox". By large value, I mean greater than 0.1uF.=
 I
> am only able to find ceramic capacitors in values less than 0.1uF, where
> would I be able to find larger values?
Where the heck are you looking? I just checked through a load of=20
suppliers and they all had ones bigger than that.

RS: through hole ceramic up to 2.2uF, SMT up to 100uF
Farnell: through hole ceramic up to 18uF*, SMT up to 100uF
Rapid: through hole ceramic up to 1uF, SMT up to 10uF
Mouser: through hole ceramic up to 100uF** SMT up to 100uF
Digikey: through hole ceramic up to 220uF** SMT up to 100uF*
Newark: through hole ceramic up to 18uF* SMT up to 100uF

In general surface mount ceramics are far better value than through hole=20
ones especially at larger sizes so i'd go surface mount unless there is=20
a compelling reason not to.
>  Or is there another type of
> non-polarized capacitor I should be looking at?
>  =20

*This is the maximum for regular 2 lead ceramics. There are some massive=20
through hole ceramics made up of multiple capacitiors bonded=20
togetherthat come in a DIL like package and have insane prices, I don't=20
think these count here.

**Higher if you count non-stock items and weird items
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