Re: newbie question about 100u or 100uf?

Posted by motterpaul on Apr 20, 2015; 7:50pm
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I use this free software to find resistor and capacitor codes. http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/

It really does help to buy with an eye for size in the first place - especially with caps. There are many different types.  A lot of circuits here use 1uF inline caps (no polarity) and you can buy them. In many cases you can use electrolytics in their place, but you have to figure out how to orient the polarity.

With 100uF and higher electrolytics I generally try to buy 25v with small diameters, because higher voltages can be too big to get on your board. I bought a batch of 100 uf without noticing the size, because the picture made them look small, but when they arrived they were massive.