Topic: Unknown part
in Forum: C3 Electrical
I am replacing the voltage regulator and on the side there is a 1/2" round 1" long with one wire that plugs into the voltage regulator, is this a resistor?? I think?? What is this and where can I buy one?

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Gee, I hate it when our MicroFarads go bad! I took Chemistry and Physics in college, but must have missed class the day they mentioned MicroFarads. What the heck is a MicroFarad? Is this radio frequency thing?
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the farad is the unit of measurement of capacitance
a uf (microfarad) is 1 millionth of a farad..
in the car stereo business (one of my jobs in college) we used to use large capacitors as buffers for amps.. that way morons could have a large bass pulse without killing their electrical system