"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
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Fred wrote:

Probably - yes as all these devices have a wide tolerance. To be on
the safe side I'd use 20uF in parallel with a 5 or 4.7uF.

Do make sure you use the correct type!

Thanks Fred. How would I identify the correct type? What am I looking
for?



Have a look at the old one and use that as a basis for comparison. I
presume the ones you saw in Maplin a
http://www.maplin.co.uk/search.aspx?...Menu=y&doy=1m5

which should be OK. To be certain I'd use the 16 and 10uF ones in parallel
which give you near enough 25uF.