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Post subject: Does the voltage of a capacitor matter?
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:44 pm
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Hi.

I just bought some orange drop caps from Angela Guitar Parts and they are huge!

I bought a handful of assorted values and now I think they are possibly the wrong value and or size. I used the website and followed the menu to guitar parts/electronics. They showed up in the mail and it turns out they are the 600v size. I think these are used mostly for high power things like amps. They don't offer the small 100v caps, which I think are the correct size for guitar wiring projects.

So, assuming I can squeeze some of these caps into a pickguard, does the voltage matter?

Is there a tonal difference between the 600v and 100v cap?

I bought .022 and .047 caps. I don't think I can return them :shock:

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DScrunchy


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Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:04 pm
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They will work fine.



>is there a tonal difference between the 600v and 100v cap? <


Nope.


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Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:48 am
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Same thing happened to me,I didn't use them but kept them for some possible future project.Too inexpensive to try and return for me to fool with.
I bought some of the .047 100v to use in the Strats


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Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 12:38 pm
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There is no difference in 100 or 600 volt in a guitar. High voltage 400-600 is more standard in the market. So that why we see them more often


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Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:34 pm
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I put a .047 600v in my strat was a pain to fit. HAS A NICE MELLOW TONE


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Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 3:44 am
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I understand that you have a pain to fit.

But when you know where is the good location to fit, there are enough room.

Those of us who whant to replace their Stat capacitor better to check some picture on the web to know where is the good location for a new and "big" (600v) capacitor
And would be easy


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Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:06 pm
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Here is a pic of what I did. This is a 600v Sprague cap on my P-Bass Tone pot.

I cover the legs w/ wire insulation (cut a piece of wire to length, then pull the wire out of the insulation, then slide the insulation over the cap wire).

If the cap does not fit under the pot, then move the cap behind the pot.

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