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Jason Roehl
05-23-2006, 9:21 PM
Ok, I'm not much of an electronics geek anymore, but I did spend a little time in Purdue's EE program. Anyhow, I now have a Porter-Cable 14.4V battery charger that appears to have a capacitor in it that spilled its guts. Does anyone know of a good place online to find a replacement cap that I can solder in? The cap is a Tocon brand, 1000uF (that is one thousand microfarads), 35V, 105*C (high-temperature), cylindrical-type capacitor. I don't know what the electrolytic type is, but it's wrapped in the plastic shrink-wrap-type stuff, and the top is aluminum with a cross stamped in it (that's where the guts are coming out), and the two terminals are at the bottom. It looks to be about 3/8" in diameter, and about 3/4" tall.

I'm looking for a place online as a back-up plan--I'll need the drill later this week, but the nearby electronics supply store is closed for the evening. I'll probably have my wife check them out tomorrow (I'm headed out of town in the OTHER direction). Worst case scenario is that I go drop $200 on a new cordless drill, but I'd rather not. I'm happy with this one, which has served me well for the 5-6 years I've used it (and abused it).

Thanks in advance, folks!
Kent Fitzgerald
05-23-2006, 9:53 PM
Digi-Key works for me.
Frankie Hunt
05-23-2006, 10:04 PM
Try one of these:

http://www.alliedelec.com/

http://www.jameco.com/

http://www.digikey.com/

Are you sure that another failed component didn't cause the capacitor to go bad? Capacitors do go bad on their own, but sometimes there is another reason.

Frankie
Jason Roehl
05-23-2006, 10:31 PM
Kent, you rock!

I found what I was looking for there...after nearly going blind reading through the parts lists. At least I have a back-up now!
Jason Roehl
05-23-2006, 10:37 PM
Frankie, no, I'm not sure another component didn't fry the cap, but it is right next to a fairly large aluminum heat sink, and in digging around online, I ran into some info that this brand of cap (Tocon) is known for failures in network routers.

Like I said, though, I've had this drill for 5-6 years, I think, and it's been through some rough times (submerged, dust, spray mist, dropped, heat, cold, etc.). It's also the only visibly bad component, so that's where I'm going to start.

Thanks again, guys!