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Finn306
 
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capacitors in kit

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Hello, I'm in the midst of assembling a tv b gone, and I've found that there is no electrolytic capacitor in the kit I recieved, but there are two ceramic capacitors. I have a version 1.2 . Am I just missing an electrolytic capacitor?

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Re: capacitors in kit

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Please email [email protected] with a link to this thread for a replacement electrolytic capacitor

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Re: capacitors in kit

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You know, i just went to radio shack and bought a 220 uf capacitor. I'm assuming that the much higher voltage rating will not effect performance. Is that a reasonable assumption? The tv b gone seems to be working, in that i can see the LEDs flashing through a digital camera, but my television is not one of the listed brands

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Re: capacitors in kit

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That's fine - sounds like it's working!

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