4 pin or 2 pin capacitor?

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  • jeffreyw
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    • Feb 2012
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    4 pin or 2 pin capacitor?

    Recently my Pioneer SX550 stereo receiver has started to act up and I am fairly certain it is because the filter capacitors have (unsurprisingly) decayed due to age. The tops are bulging to I'm assuming that's not a good thing.

    Checking the filter capacitors (both are Nippon Chem-con 6800uf 35w caps) have left me confused:



    (configuration of the two filter capacitors if it matters)



    Can I replace these capacitors with an equivalent 2 pin capacitor? Or must I try to find a 4 pin capacitor? I ask this because I seriously cannot find a 4 pin capacitor, of similar specs, on Element14/Farnell Australia.

    Thank you in advance!
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    • mariushm
      Badcaps Legend
      • May 2011
      • 3799
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      Re: 4 pin or 2 pin capacitor?

      Yes, you can replace them with 2 pin capacitors or screw-in type capacitors (which look like yours but only have one wide wire on each terminal)

      They made these like that in case you want to solder them on a board, for stability and so that they won't sag down if the board is installed vertically somewhere.

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