[sdiy] 390uf axial, what's the deal?

[Tom Wiltshire]

Couldn't you use a cheap 470uF instead? What's it doing? Surely you  
can get a axial 470uF for cheap.

T.

On 19 Mar 2010, at 17:36, mark verbos wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> I need to replace a 390uF 12v axial capacitor. I have looked at  
> Mouser and they are $88.  If I get a radial one they start at 27¢.  
> What's going on here? Am I in the twilight zone?
>
> Mark
>
> PS. I'll probably just bend a radial one into place, just wondering.
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