[Coco] Capacitor question

Jim Cox jimcox at miba51.com
Sun Sep 26 10:23:59 EDT 2004


Mannequin:

Basically you purchased caps that are rated to handle a 
higher maximum voltage than the originals, so they are 
actually better than the original.  If your system went 
over >25 volts, you'd have bigger problems than just the 
caps :)

Jim

On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 09:03:11 -0500
  Mannequin* <mannslists at invigorated.org> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I'm in the process of replacing 2 capacitor on a Color 
>Computer 3 motherboard. I
>have a question about the replacement caps I bought. The 
>two caps I'm replacing
>are 25v 220uf. The replacement caps that I bought are 35v 
>220uf. I just noticed
>this. :(
>
>On the boxes of the two replacement caps, it basically 
>says that I can't go over
>35v, but would I be able to use them to replace the two 
>25v caps? Or do I have
>to have 25v max?
>
>Thanks!
>
>-M.
>
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