P4P800S 100uF@16.0v VS. 100uF@10.0v

[Weedy]

I'm recapping a few boards at once so I'm trying to consolidate the cap types to keep the item number down. Of all the boards I'm doing the P4P800S is the only one with stock 16.0v 100uF caps, the rest are 10.0v or 6.3v.

I'm not claiming to know everything but I can't see 16.0v being needed (all the boards have these 100uF sprinkled liberally all over so I doubt they carry 12v). And to boot 100uF@16.0v Rubys are 6mm which would be tight on most boards and completely not happening on 2 (10.0v are 5mm and would work on these 2).

As of right now I plan to order Rubycon ZL 10V 100UF unless someone speaks up.

Thank you in advance.

[berniedd]

Re: P4P800S 100uF@16.0v VS. 100uF@10.0v

The best and safest thing to do is to power her up and measure the voltage at these 16 volt caps to see what voltage rating is appropriate.

On a side note, 100 uf caps do not usually fail. Why replace them? Are there any signs of bulging/leakage?

[Weedy]

Re: P4P800S 100uF@16.0v VS. 100uF@10.0v

I can't power up this board at this time :/

They add like 4bucks to my cap order I figure why the hell not.