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Subject:Re: Tantalum capacitors to stop blinking temp LED
From:David Beierl
Date:Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:29:14 -0400

At 05:38 PM 9/28/2009, Jim Felder wrote:
>I recently asked in a post about curing the blinking light syndrome
>which was the proper capacitor, and someone--sorry, don't remember,
>maybe David B.--said it was a tantalum 22uF 16v or better.

Ayuh.

I have located a supply of 100 each of

>22 uF @ 35
>
>22 uF @ 35

I imagine you had different voltage ratings?  In any case, 16v or
better should be fine.

>They are a dollar and a half each. I will be glad to go get as many of
>them as anyone wants, and mail them for free if I can just put them in
>an envelope. Someone just needs to confirm that either of them will
>work.
>
>And who was it who volunteered to solder it in? I don't expect it for
>free, but I know I would screw that part up. always do.

That was me.  You're the first one to ask, so if you pay for shipping
and send along a few of those caps, you're all set.

Yours,
David