good replacement capacitors for nes?

themadhacker · **Posted:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:48 am

I accidentally destroyed one of my capacitors on my nes, and others of the same value are leaking, so I have decided to replace them. The ceramic capacitors only say 103Z. I have no idea what that means, but on the board next to each of them says .01 u, so I am assuming that they are .01 uf. On ebay, i found ceramic capacitors that are .01 uf and 50v, however, instead of 103Z, they say 103K. Should they still work? I am a bit confused on this matter, and I do not know much about capacitors.

grossaffe · **Joined:** Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:55 pm **Posts:** 2348

http://www.tedss.com/103Z-50V

it looks like the 103Z is a disk-capacitor. Bottom line, though, is that its .01 microfarads capable of handling 50 volts. should be fine.

themadhacker · **Posted:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:03 am

so in other words, the ones I posted about will work?

XCVG · **Posted:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:55 am

themadhacker wrote:

so in other words, the ones I posted about will work?

Yup. Should work fine.

Basement_Modder · **Posted:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:08 pm

I heard once that the NES is very picky about caps.

themadhacker · **Posted:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:21 pm

where did you here that?

Basement_Modder · **Posted:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:26 pm

I don't remember, I just remember reading it somewhere a few years back...

themadhacker · **Posted:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:30 pm

then it looks like I'm screwed over. The minimum order on the site grosaffe posted is $25. I don't want to spend that much just to get one capacitor. plus there would be shipping. then handling.

grossaffe · **Joined:** Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:55 pm **Posts:** 2348

themadhacker wrote:

then it looks like I'm screwed over. The minimum order on the site grosaffe posted is $25. I don't want to spend that much just to get one capacitor. plus there would be shipping. then handling.

I was just posting a link of the exact capacitor that used to be there. You just need any capacitor that's .01 microfarads rated at 50 volts. Perhaps you can find one at radioshack or something, they have capacitors.

themadhacker · **Posted:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:42 pm

I'll check if they have them since I'm going there in a few days. Either that or I may find a cap of that value in my box of capacitors that I ook of of dead boards.

Does the capacitor have to be a disk-capacitor?

good replacement capacitors for nes?

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