Oops. Fried something on my driver board! Help.

deejayspinz

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While modding my Romisen RC-U4 (for a bike light) I accidentally wired it up wrong and fried the beige rectangular SMT component. The light still works, but gets hit a lot quicker. Anyone know what this is? Diode?



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Close-up (All I can make out is the number 106 on it).
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deejayspinz

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@HKJ - thx. I went to the local Sayal and he confirmed.. 10uF CAP. Anyone know if you can sub different rating CAPs? eg 1uF?
 

Jarl

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changing the capacitance will likely change the drive level. You could do some experimenting with a 1uF, a 10uF and a 50uF cap and see which you prefer.
 
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