Replace electrolytics with different type capacitors?

[Moogol]

Rather than replace blown electrolytic capacitors with the same type, is it practical to replace these with more expensive but maybe more stable / less noisy types of capacitors like ceramic, tantalum, or other types?

[willawake]

Re: Replace electrolytics with different type capacitors?

i dont think you will find tantalum or ceramic in so big values. for superior replacement you could use a polymer capacitor like sanyo os-con.

[Chris1992]

Re: Replace electrolytics with different type capacitors?

And for replace3ment of lytics with polymers you only need use 1/2 the orig uF value. Other polymer alternatives include Sanyo OS-Con, Fujitsu RE (not recommended), Illinois Capacitor AFD & AFX, and Chemicon NP-Cap. (correct me if I'm wrong on any of these)