Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!necntc!primerd!zaphod!doug From: doug@zaphod.prime.com Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: (easy) capacitor question Message-ID: <44900001@zaphod> Date: 13 Jul 88 13:56:00 GMT References: <24300028@silver> Lines: 12 Nf-ID: #R:silver:24300028:zaphod:44900001:000:442 Nf-From: zaphod.prime.com!doug Jul 13 09:56:00 1988 The voltage rating of electrolytics are the maximum voltage before electrical breakdown of the insulator. Thus a 35 volt capacitor is fine to use in place of a 16 volt capacitor of the same capacitance. Douglas Rand Internet: doug@zaphod.prime.com Usenet: primerd!zaphod!doug Phone: (508) - 879 - 2960 Mail: Prime Computer, 500 Old Conn Path, MS10C-17, Framingham, Ma 01701 -> The above opinions are mine alone.