Olin Lathrop wrote:
> V G wrote:
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>> 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?
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>
> 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 availa=
ble
> 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.
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Just to clarify for those not so familiar with capacitors i'm pretty=20
sure that when olin says "name" here he means the dielectric code (X5R,=20
X7R, Y5V etc).
>
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