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Title: Pork Barrel chorus : C10 & C15 (8.2nF) Substitutes?
Post by: nick on June 05, 2011, 07:45:59 PM
Hi All,
Just at the end of build for my Pork Barrel chorus, but having trouble sourcing the 8.2nF caps (C10 & C15). Could somebody please advise on possible subs for these caps, if values not critical?
I've got some 10nF & some 6.8nF caps in my components box, was wondering if these would do the job(?)

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks
Nick
Title: Re: Pork Barrel chorus : C10 & C15 (8.2nF) Substitutes?
Post by: stecykmi on June 05, 2011, 07:51:50 PM
10nf should do fine.
Title: Re: Pork Barrel chorus : C10 & C15 (8.2nF) Substitutes?
Post by: nick on June 05, 2011, 08:06:30 PM
Many thanks Stecykmi, much appreciated.
10nF it is then!  :)
Title: Re: Pork Barrel chorus : C10 & C15 (8.2nF) Substitutes?
Post by: bigmufffuzzwizz on June 05, 2011, 08:08:07 PM
Not that its necessary, but you can solder capacitors in parallel to combine the values. So 6.8nf in parallel with a 1.5 nf would be 8.3nf which would be as close as you could get. Just a hint for later when you DIY.  :)
Title: Re: Pork Barrel chorus : C10 & C15 (8.2nF) Substitutes?
Post by: nick on June 05, 2011, 08:14:44 PM
Quote from: bigmufffuzzwizz on June 05, 2011, 08:08:07 PM
Not that its necessary, but you can solder capacitors in parallel to combine the values. So 6.8nf in parallel with a 1.5 nf would be 8.3nf which would be as close as you could get. Just a hint for later when you DIY.  :)

Thanks for the advice mate. I've actually done that before with caps & resistors to get the right value (if critical), but the board  is pretty crammed as it is, with quite a high part count - there's just enough room to get the smallest of caps in there anyway!  :)