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Projects => Tech Help - Projects Page => Topic started by: dannoceti on May 16, 2015, 04:11:14 PM

Title: Pharaoh fuzz caps question
Post by: dannoceti on May 16, 2015, 04:11:14 PM
I'm building the Big Muff Pharo from this schematic (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/16/49ae839962495a727700ea5bb27ef101.jpg) which shows .047uf coupling caps. I realized after I built it that to be more like the blackout effectors pharoah I need to change them to .47uf caps.  I ordered some from mouser (Epcos box film) but the shipping was delayed.  I wanted to ask the group what they thought about using .47uf multilayer ceramics (NTE) from my local electronics store? Should I wait for the mouser order or just pop these in?(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/16/c025f69bb8b0f73288524836b95766c7.jpg)


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Title: Re: Pharaoh fuzz caps question
Post by: jimilee on May 16, 2015, 04:23:14 PM
I'm not sure they would work, but they are noisy I've been told.


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Title: Re: Pharaoh fuzz caps question
Post by: dannoceti on May 16, 2015, 08:04:35 PM
Thanks Jimlee, think I'll wait then


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Title: Re: Pharaoh fuzz caps question
Post by: cooder on May 16, 2015, 08:21:10 PM
AFAIK the coupling caps in that schematic C5 C13 C3 should be 0.47uF and not as noted in schematic 0.047uF.
So the multilayer ceramics would be the correct value in those positions. Not sure if they are more noisy, but I prefer to use plastic film caps there.
Title: Re: Pharaoh fuzz caps question
Post by: lincolnic on May 17, 2015, 01:33:03 AM
Quote from: cooder on May 16, 2015, 08:21:10 PM
AFAIK the coupling caps in that schematic C5 C13 C3 should be 0.47uF and not as noted in schematic 0.047uF.
So the multilayer ceramics would be the correct value in those positions. Not sure if they are more noisy, but I prefer to use plastic film caps there.

Yeah, they're supposed to be 470n, not 47n. I opened up a friend's Pharaoh to check.

For coupling caps I would use film caps instead of ceramic.