[sdiy] moving to SMD/SMT

[Glen]

At 10:07 AM 10/13/04 , Tony Clark wrote:

>   In my first SMT modules, I used 16V electrolytics thinking that 
>they'd be safe with 15V supplies (after all, the thru-hole ones worked 
>fine).  But not so!  Evidently startup spikes lead to massive failures.  
>So I now use 35V caps for safety.  No problems since.

When I was in school, the instructors (former Navy techs) told us that a
good rule of thumb was to use a voltage rating twice the expected maximum
voltage.


later,
Glen