Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Phil B on 16 December 2008, 14:52:02
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A capacitor has popped in one of the band PA speakers, which is rated at 400W or thereabouts.
The cap is of the electrolytic, looks to be non-polarised, 100V, 15µF, 85°C and 5% tolerance flavour.
I'm having trouble finding one near to it, does anyone have one lying around or know of any good sites I can order one from?
Cheers
Phil
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Maplin do a range of polypropylene capacitors that would be better than an electrolytic. http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=393
Two 8 uf ones in parallel? Rated to 630v.
Kevin
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Failing that, look for motor start capacitors, although not ideal for an audio application they might get you out of trouble.
I will, of course, have a rummage in the junk box later...
Kevin
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Mental block, changing it to polys never occurred to me for some reason, I blame seasonal stress!
Might as well do the stereo pair then I suppose
Thanks Kevin
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Yep, might as well replace both. If one electrolytic has died the other won't be in great shape, and polys should be more reliable and sound better.
Kevin
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Just found these bad boys http://cpc.farnell.com/CA06100/components-spares/product.us0?sku=ampohm-wound-products-fp-ca-16-au
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Should do nicely. :y
I did try Farnell but had trouble whittling the search results down to less than a couple of hundred. Forgot CPC was a little more user friendly.
Kevin