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General => Open Discussion => Topic started by: icecycle66 on December 22, 2013, 03:25:02 AM

Title: 5n caps
Post by: icecycle66 on December 22, 2013, 03:25:02 AM
I've been looking in all the normal places and I'm not seeing them.

Where are you guys getting 5n caps?
Title: Re: 5n caps
Post by: midwayfair on December 22, 2013, 03:47:40 AM
Personally, I'm using 4.7nF caps and assuming that there's a resistor I can alter somewhere to result in the same frequency cutoff. :)

Did you check Mouser?
Title: Re: 5n caps
Post by: icecycle66 on December 22, 2013, 03:57:44 AM
Yeah, but they all have a really big tolerance or are relatively expensive.
I was hoping to get a little stash of tight tolerances.
Title: Re: 5n caps
Post by: midwayfair on December 22, 2013, 04:14:19 AM
Quote from: icecycle66 on December 22, 2013, 03:57:44 AM
Yeah, but they all have a really big tolerance or are relatively expensive.
I was hoping to get a little stash of tight tolerances.

I think the problem is that it's an obsolete value that was never much used in the US to begin with. :(
Title: Re: 5n caps
Post by: Clayford on December 22, 2013, 06:27:15 AM
One could sort through their 3n3's and 1n5's and find two caps that get closer to a 5n than most 5n's will. I had to do a similar same thing to get a 3n9 for a tone stack. 3.8 IIRC and I don't think they make them that tight usually.
Don't mind the 100k's... small mistake at Tayda.
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Title: Re: 5n caps
Post by: culturejam on December 22, 2013, 06:28:07 AM
Just use 4n7. It's really not that far off.
Title: Re: 5n caps
Post by: PimpMyTone on December 22, 2013, 10:38:19 AM
Quote from: icecycle66 on December 22, 2013, 03:25:02 AM
I've been looking in all the normal places and I'm not seeing them.

Where are you guys getting 5n caps?

Local store is where i get all my vintage and mojo stuff . But the only 5n caps I ve found so far are big old 3kv square d ceramic cap .