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ceramic capacitors

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2019 8:20 pm
by Stephend
Hi Tony, I have started assembling the thermometer kit and have reached the part where you have to fix in the brown ceramic capacitors, I have noticed two of them are marked 333, the other one is slightly larger and marked xf030. I am new to electronics so I was wondering if the larger one is safe to fit as it looks different to the others?
Stephen Dixey

Re: ceramic capacitors

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 1:33 pm
by Tony
Hi,
That is the polyfuse, not a capacitor. Best to read through all the assembly instructions first to see where it's used.

Re: ceramic capacitors

Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2020 5:15 am
by 66LUX
Hi Tony,

My batch 4 kit didn't come with a polyfuse. It has a 0.47 ohm resistor in the packet that I can only assume is R28.
I'd rather put in a polyfuse, but I need to know what to buy. What are the voltage and current ratings?

Re: ceramic capacitors

Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 4:06 pm
by Tony
Hi,
When did you buy it?, I haven't supplied fusible resistors for a couple of years now. It's a 300mA polyfuse, if you email me your address I can post one out to you.

Re: ceramic capacitors

Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:44 am
by 66LUX
Hi Tony,

Wow. Just checked and I ordered it in February 2017!
It's been sitting on the shelf waiting for three years lol
I bought another one because I could never get my previous one to work again.

I'm in Australia, so I'd rather not wait for you to post now that I've actually started the project.

Does this look like the correct one? https://au.rs-online.com/web/p/resettab ... s/4950713/

Cheers, Dale

Re: ceramic capacitors

Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 1:03 pm
by Tony
This would be a better choice:

https://au.rs-online.com/web/p/resettab ... s/6917557/

Slightly cheaper as well.