On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 3:52 PM, IVP wrote: > Large general purpose electrolytic caps tend to have high leakage. They > wouldn't be suitable for long accurate RC times or as filter caps on a nW > battery-powered board for example > > Ceramics and other non-polarised - mylar, PE etc - and low-value > electrolytics [including tantalum] would have no or no significant leakag= e > > How would you define large and small? Is 10uF large? --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .