(k) in CAP uF Designation?
 

I've been posting about changing out the caps in my Toshiba TV. I have
gotten a lot of help, and being a rookie I sure appreciate it ... thanks.
I'm at the point to where I'm shopping for the caps and trying to get them
all from the same place and only have to pay postage once. I have a question
about the (K) being added to a few of them. I think someone else posted
about that a month ago or so and I can't find it. Most just have the number
of uF and the voltage but a couple of them are different. One says, 1 uF- 50
V but has a (K) above the uF, and another is labeled, 10 uF K and is 16 V.
What's up with that? It can't be multiplied by 1,000 can it? They are both
pretty small in size. Gotta get this all figured out before I can order what
I need. Thanks in advance for your help.

(k) in CAP uF Designation?
 

"Forrest" wrote in message
...
I've been posting about changing out the caps in my Toshiba TV. I have
gotten a lot of help, and being a rookie I sure appreciate it ... thanks.
I'm at the point to where I'm shopping for the caps and trying to get them
all from the same place and only have to pay postage once. I have a
question about the (K) being added to a few of them. I think someone else
posted about that a month ago or so and I can't find it. Most just have
the number of uF and the voltage but a couple of them are different. One
says, 1 uF- 50 V but has a (K) above the uF, and another is labeled, 10 uF
K and is 16 V. What's up with that? It can't be multiplied by 1,000 can
it? They are both pretty small in size. Gotta get this all figured out
before I can order what I need. Thanks in advance for your help.


Just ignore the K, it's probably a manufacturing date code or something.

(k) in CAP uF Designation?
 

In article ,
"Forrest" wrote:

I've been posting about changing out the caps in my Toshiba TV. I have
gotten a lot of help, and being a rookie I sure appreciate it ... thanks.
I'm at the point to where I'm shopping for the caps and trying to get them
all from the same place and only have to pay postage once. I have a question
about the (K) being added to a few of them. I think someone else posted
about that a month ago or so and I can't find it. Most just have the number
of uF and the voltage but a couple of them are different. One says, 1 uF- 50
V but has a (K) above the uF, and another is labeled, 10 uF K and is 16 V.
What's up with that? It can't be multiplied by 1,000 can it? They are both
pretty small in size. Gotta get this all figured out before I can order what
I need. Thanks in advance for your help.

tolerance = 10%

http://electronics2000.co.uk/data/itemsaf/capmarks.php

(k) in CAP uF Designation?
 

"Smitty Two" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Forrest" wrote:

I've been posting about changing out the caps in my Toshiba TV. I have
gotten a lot of help, and being a rookie I sure appreciate it ... thanks.
I'm at the point to where I'm shopping for the caps and trying to get
them
all from the same place and only have to pay postage once. I have a
question
about the (K) being added to a few of them. I think someone else posted
about that a month ago or so and I can't find it. Most just have the
number
of uF and the voltage but a couple of them are different. One says, 1 uF-
50
V but has a (K) above the uF, and another is labeled, 10 uF K and is 16
V.
What's up with that? It can't be multiplied by 1,000 can it? They are
both
pretty small in size. Gotta get this all figured out before I can order
what
I need. Thanks in advance for your help.

tolerance = 10%

http://electronics2000.co.uk/data/itemsaf/capmarks.php

Great! ... Gotcha. Seeing a "K" made me think of a thousand, but I doubted
it, since the cap was so small. Now, I guess, my next question is ... if I
can't find one with that tolerance at the place I'm ordering from, can I go
with a 20%, if that's the best that they have?

(k) in CAP uF Designation?
 

"Forrest" wrote in message
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"Smitty Two" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Forrest" wrote:

I've been posting about changing out the caps in my Toshiba TV. I have
gotten a lot of help, and being a rookie I sure appreciate it ...
thanks.
I'm at the point to where I'm shopping for the caps and trying to get
them
all from the same place and only have to pay postage once. I have a
question
about the (K) being added to a few of them. I think someone else posted
about that a month ago or so and I can't find it. Most just have the
number
of uF and the voltage but a couple of them are different. One says, 1
uF- 50
V but has a (K) above the uF, and another is labeled, 10 uF K and is 16
V.
What's up with that? It can't be multiplied by 1,000 can it? They are
both
pretty small in size. Gotta get this all figured out before I can order
what
I need. Thanks in advance for your help.

tolerance = 10%

http://electronics2000.co.uk/data/itemsaf/capmarks.php

Great! ... Gotcha. Seeing a "K" made me think of a thousand, but I
doubted it, since the cap was so small. Now, I guess, my next question is
... if I can't find one with that tolerance at the place I'm ordering
from, can I go with a 20%, if that's the best that they have?


It should be fine. When I fixed a few of these sets, I used whatever
capacitors I had on hand, they worked perfectly.

(k) in CAP uF Designation?
 

"James Sweet" wrote in message
news:aaBPj.3866$wO1.45@trndny04...


"Forrest" wrote in message
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"Smitty Two" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Forrest" wrote:

I've been posting about changing out the caps in my Toshiba TV. I have
gotten a lot of help, and being a rookie I sure appreciate it ...
thanks.
I'm at the point to where I'm shopping for the caps and trying to get
them
all from the same place and only have to pay postage once. I have a
question
about the (K) being added to a few of them. I think someone else posted
about that a month ago or so and I can't find it. Most just have the
number
of uF and the voltage but a couple of them are different. One says, 1
uF- 50
V but has a (K) above the uF, and another is labeled, 10 uF K and is
16 V.
What's up with that? It can't be multiplied by 1,000 can it? They are
both
pretty small in size. Gotta get this all figured out before I can order
what
I need. Thanks in advance for your help.

tolerance = 10%

http://electronics2000.co.uk/data/itemsaf/capmarks.php

Great! ... Gotcha. Seeing a "K" made me think of a thousand, but I
doubted it, since the cap was so small. Now, I guess, my next question is
... if I can't find one with that tolerance at the place I'm ordering
from, can I go with a 20%, if that's the best that they have?


It should be fine. When I fixed a few of these sets, I used whatever
capacitors I had on hand, they worked perfectly.


Electro's are pretty good for tolerance these days, but in the past, the
typical tolerance was asymmetric with a huge spread - like -20 / +80%. As
James says, pretty much anything that comes to hand from that point of view.
More important is to check the temperature rating. Most are 85 deg in
'general' applications, but some may be 105 deg types. An experienced tech
will sometimes sub 105's for 85's in some positions, to improve long-term
reliability.

Arfa

(k) in CAP uF Designation?
 

Forrest wrote:

I've been posting about changing out the caps in my Toshiba TV. I have
gotten a lot of help, and being a rookie I sure appreciate it ... thanks.
I'm at the point to where I'm shopping for the caps and trying to get them
all from the same place and only have to pay postage once. I have a question
about the (K) being added to a few of them. I think someone else posted
about that a month ago or so and I can't find it. Most just have the number
of uF and the voltage but a couple of them are different. One says, 1 uF- 50
V but has a (K) above the uF, and another is labeled, 10 uF K and is 16 V.
What's up with that? It can't be multiplied by 1,000 can it? They are both
pretty small in size. Gotta get this all figured out before I can order what
I need. Thanks in advance for your help.

10% tolerance.

http://wiki.xtronics.com/index.php/Capacitor_codes
may be useful

Graham

(k) in CAP uF Designation?
 

"Forrest" wrote in message
...
I've been posting about changing out the caps in my Toshiba TV. I have
gotten a lot of help, and being a rookie I sure appreciate it ... thanks.
I'm at the point to where I'm shopping for the caps and trying to get them
all from the same place and only have to pay postage once. I have a
question about the (K) being added to a few of them. I think someone else
posted about that a month ago or so and I can't find it. Most just have
the number of uF and the voltage but a couple of them are different. One
says, 1 uF- 50 V but has a (K) above the uF, and another is labeled, 10 uF
K and is 16 V. What's up with that? It can't be multiplied by 1,000 can
it? They are both pretty small in size. Gotta get this all figured out
before I can order what I need. Thanks in advance for your help.

Okily, dokily neighbors,
I got my caps ordered today from Parts Express. Gonna take a week to get
here. I got as many of the caps as I could with the higher temp rating. With
some, I had to get a little higher voltage. Thanks again. Over n' out.

(k) in CAP uF Designation?
 

In article ,
"Forrest" wrote:

"Forrest" wrote in message
...
I've been posting about changing out the caps in my Toshiba TV. I have
gotten a lot of help, and being a rookie I sure appreciate it ... thanks.
I'm at the point to where I'm shopping for the caps and trying to get them
all from the same place and only have to pay postage once. I have a
question about the (K) being added to a few of them. I think someone else
posted about that a month ago or so and I can't find it. Most just have
the number of uF and the voltage but a couple of them are different. One
says, 1 uF- 50 V but has a (K) above the uF, and another is labeled, 10 uF
K and is 16 V. What's up with that? It can't be multiplied by 1,000 can
it? They are both pretty small in size. Gotta get this all figured out
before I can order what I need. Thanks in advance for your help.

Okily, dokily neighbors,
I got my caps ordered today from Parts Express. Gonna take a week to get
here. I got as many of the caps as I could with the higher temp rating. With
some, I had to get a little higher voltage. Thanks again. Over n' out.

Out.