I've been to Digi-Key, Mouser, Farnell, RS and still can't find some of the right values for the axial electrolytics I'm needing to replace....odd values like 5n/64v & 64n/4v. Even the 125/4v is impossible to find. The lowest voltage available is 6.3 which would be fine, but I'm gonna have to do some wacky series/parallel crap to get a 125µF value. Should I go higher or lower? Orrrrrr.....does any geek out there know where I can find new caps with those odd old English values?

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Thanks, BW
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I'm sure this topic is covered in the archives of this forum, but I'll chime in anyway. Firstly, this artice by John Klett is quite useful to get you started: http://www.technicalaudio.com/readin...1081/1081.html

To paraphrase him, he recommends replacing like with like - axial caps with axial, and radial caps with radial.

In terms of voltage ratings, it's okay to go upto the next voltage rating - so 6.3V for 4V and 35V for 24V for example. It is also okay to uprate the capacitance value, so just use the nearest value above the specified one - never use less.

Always use 105 degree C rated caps - these Neves get pretty hot!

Hope that helps.