At 08:57 AM 2/27/2011, you wrote:
>V G wrote:
> > 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?
>
>Mouser, DigiKey, and just about everywhere else.  These are very common.
>You must not have looked very hard.
>
>I would get a stash of 1uF and 10uF in the highest voltage cheaply availab=
le
>in 0805 package.  A strip of 100 of each should do you for quite a while.
>You can probably get 16V ratings for 1uF, less for 10uF.  For general use,
>stay away from ceramics with "Y" in their name.

Taiyo Yuden?
Yageo?
Tyco?
Vishay?
Syfer?

;-)

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