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Subject:Re: ARRRGGGHHH Re: Tantalum capacitors to stop blinking temp LED
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:37:15 -0700

Duuude - "Talk like a Pirate Day" was like two weeks ago...

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:10 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>
> Gentlemen, we're mixing two subjects.  The 22uF is to damp the output
> of the AFM.
>
> The cap for the temp gauge is smaller, I'm sure.  I rather suspect
> 10uF, but I'll have to look inside one to be sure.
>
> Sorry for the confusion!
>
> David
>

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