Re: Smoothing capacitor replacement

In article <1118743605.352461.261670@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Wayneos <wayne_m_evans@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I need to replace my smoothing capacitors in my guitar amp - they're
> 5000uf 50v. I tried some 4700uf 63v ones but they blew up!! I couldn't
> tell the polarity of the original ones - they just had a pink dot on
> one of the terminals, which I assumed was negative, so wired the new
> ones accordingly. Did they blow because of the incorrect polarity or
> are they the wrong rating? If they are the wrong rating, can anyone
> point in the direction of the correct replacements (maplin order code
> or something??)

Pink would have originally been red, so positive. Black would be negative.
On all the electronics I've come across.

Why did you think red was negative?

5000uF 50v is an old standard value. 4700 63V should work just fine.

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