[R-390] OT: Wet or Solid Tantalum?

[Roy Morgan]

On Nov 10, 2008, at 8:21 AM, Barry wrote:

> Can someone take a look at eBay item 200271172495 and tell me if  
> this is a wet or solid tantalum cap?

Barry,

I looked at the ad and can't tell.  Maybe some info from the case will  
help. BUT, you no doubt noticed that the things are in England, and  
postage plus hassle may make it more trouble than it's worth.

> Seller states it's wet, ...  I need a 47uF/50V solid tantalum.

What on earth for?  Not the audio deck in an R-390, I assume.  The  
special characteristics of tantalum caps are seldom really needed.

> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200271172495

His ad tells about twenty pound price from Digikey. Seems very  
unreasonable and a common electrolytic cap may do just fine.

Roy

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