For the plastic film caps, I would think you'll be fine with polyester,polystyrene, polypropylene, PTFE, metalized, etc. As for 473K ...I assume you mean 473 "XX" farads? What is the value you are talking about. For the caps needed on the board: 0.047 microfarads = 47 nanofarads = 47,000 picofarads Take your pick. Best regards, Jed * * On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:04 AM, ML <f115@rocketmail.com> wrote: > > > Ah shoot. One of my local electronic shops was out of all but one of the > plastic capacitors needed for the KLM clone. They had 473K polyester > capacitors though. So, while not prefect, do you suppose this would be an ok > substitute? Not ideal, I'm sure ... > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: [PolySix] KLM Clone: plastic film vs. polyster caps
2010-09-16 by Jed Jorgensen
