Sourcing obscure electronic component..

[SoundsGood]

I'm trying to find somewhere to buy 4 x 16uF non polarized, 200v+ radial capacitors but no where seems to stock them. Does anyone know where I could find such a thing?

 

[lurkio]

rs or farnell ?

 

[SoundsGood]

Tried both the 2nd one stocks something close but they're a tenner each!

 

[Ian_Eb]

Like these?

http://www.ecrater.co.uk/p/11590825/16v-1000uf-radial-bi-polar

but 16uF?

maybe different search terms needed?

 

[danza]

Except those that Soundsgood wants are 16uF 200V+, not 1,000uF 16V.

How much space have you got Soundsgood?

 

[SoundsGood]

Except those that Soundsgood wants are 16uF 200V+, not 1,000uF 16V.

How much space have you got Soundsgood?

That's right. The ones that came out are 28mm by 14mm, there is a bit more space to play with but not much. If necessary I suppose they could be moved off the PCB with some wires.

Just googling to see if these could work: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16UF-UNIV...ssories_ET&hash=item4834a6366f#ht_1427wt_1139

 

[PermaBanned]

Why do they have to be non-polarized? There are some on the bay that are 220V, £3.70 for a pack of 100, if 20% uncertainty is good enough for you (although in a hundred there are going to be four that are spot on anyway, as long as you can check it).

 

[SoundsGood]

Why do they have to be non-polarized? There are some on the bay that are 220V, £3.70 for a pack of 100, if 20% uncertainty is good enough for you (although in a hundred there are going to be four that are spot on anyway, as long as you can check it).

They are for audio crossovers, I wish they were non-polarized as I bought a pack of them today and didn't realise my mistake until I got home

 

[Jono]

What about that quirky little electronics shop that's somewhere in Sheffield. I don't for the life of me remember it's name, will try to find out - not sure if it'll even be there still. It's been a good 10 years since I was there. Someone must know what it was called.

 

[PermaBanned]

They are for audio crossovers, I wish they were non-polarized as I bought a pack of them today and didn't realise my mistake until I got home

Bit abstract, but if you soldered the positive leads of two capacitors together and soldered the negative leads to the circuit, wouldn't you essentially have a non-polarized capacitor of half the initial value? So if you connected two of those in parallel you would have what you wanted, albeit in a somewhat convoluted form

I'd wait for somebody to confirm that

 

[Atrox]

Tried mouser.com?

 

[SoundsGood]

Sorted ghetto style

 

[Philtor]

^^ Now that piece of equipment would probably get you arrested in my part of the Country. lol!

 

[Philtor]

Oops double post