Electronics question, minor Audi content

Ti Kan ti at amb.org
Sat Dec 29 15:06:47 EST 2001


Todd Young writes:
> Took apart the rear speakers from my '93 90S.....The Nokia amps have
> three capacitors, and after hearing about the issues with the Bose amps,
> I want to replace the caps.
>
> Therein lies the issue, two of the caps are 25volt, but the only thing I
> can find at Radio Shack are 35volt caps. The Farads are the same, just
> the voltage is different.
>
> Will these work, or am I asking for trouble.

No problem there.  The voltage rating is the max voltage the capacitor
is designed to work with without failure.  By going to a higher rating
you're actually increasing your margin of safety.

-Ti
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