XPost: sci.electronics.basics, comp.sci.electronics, sci.electronics.repair
XPost: sci.electronics.misc
From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org
Daniel wrote on 19/6/24 5:32 pm:
> Phil Hobbs writes:
>
>> On 2023-03-01 09:06, Daniel wrote:
>>> Hi folks I'm really new with electronics. Doing a massive project
>>> for a retro computer system and, as a prong of this project I'm
>>> attempting to locate a modern equivalent of the board components.
>>> Enter the tantalum capacitor. Having gone to digikey, mouser, and
>>> newark none of them seem to have the item I'm looking for in
>>> stock. What are the rules about alternate values? The tantalum
>>> cap I'm looking for, according to the service manual, has the
>>> following rating: 1uf,10v, +-20%. The DIP style cap that the
>>> board uses isn't in stock anywhere so would I be able to
>>> substitute this cap for 1uf, 20v, +-20%? Thanks, Daniel
>>>
>>
>> Going up in voltage rating is fine. There might possibly be an
>> issue if the effective series resistance (ESR) is higher, but all
>> solid tants have highish ESR anyway, so it's unlikely to make a
>> noticeable difference.
>>
>> (Polymer tants are a different animal.)
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Phil Hobbs
>
> I know it's really late in the game but I wanted to thank everyone
> for their patient answers.
Hey, at least you have (now) gotten back to us! ;-P
> Alot has been going on in real life and had to take a long long
> break from the newsgroups due to that, and as well as forgetting to
> check in.
Isn't it a bummer when Life gets in the way??
> I'm catching up on hundreds of messages on newsgroups and on IRC and
> in the BBS scene.
We'll still be here .... well, some of us. ;-P
> I did order my components though, but haven't made much traction on
> the project I posted about.
>
> Someday.
>
"Someday" .... Isn't that a line from a song from way back when??
--
Daniel
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