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Old 03-17-2003 | 06:33 PM
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Originally posted by sausage_link
well 2 are 16 volts and the others are 25 volts
ill see if i gots some 10 volt ones
Don't bother with 10V ones, not even sure if they're easily found retail anymore. Usually the retail ones are 16V.

The voltage marked on a cap is the MAX operating voltage.

A 25V job will work identical to a 16V item if your operating voltage never exceeded 16V... but the 25V cap is usually dearer (by only a few cents) and may be physically larger.

The high-voltage ones like 250V or 400V are usually for mains filtering and are designed for AC voltage. Non-polarised caps are more expensive too.
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