Doof 11 Posted June 18, 2007 The wires to one of my front tweeters have snapped right next to what looks like an in line capacitor, it says 50v 3.3mF on it. Can i just connect it without this capacitor or will something screw up? Dont want one of the tweeters being really loud while the other is quiet or something daft. If it only makes a difference when its really loud i'm not bothered because i never turn it up too much. anyone know what its for? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richie-Van-GTi 70 2 Cars Posted June 18, 2007 the capacitor reduces the bas to the tweeter and limits the power to it. If you can reconnect it then do so, if not get a new one from maplins, shouldnt be more than a couple of quid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Super Josh 4 Posted June 18, 2007 As Richie says, you can buy another from Maplins. Make sure that you order (As I doubt that they'll have it in stock) a Non polarised Electrolytic Capicitor (the Non polarised is the important bit, as they will have Polarised ones in stock, which aren't suitable). Just make sure it is the same value of 3.3 uF as the one you take out. HTH Josh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paintguy 0 Posted June 18, 2007 You'll toast your tweeter without it, so follow the advice above Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jim21070 2 Posted June 18, 2007 Even better if you can get hold of a 3.3 MicroFarad mylar film capacitor (i.e. not an electrolytic). A possible source is from the crossover network in a scrap Hi-Fi speaker enclosure. Non-polarised electrolytics are horrible devices both electronically and sonically and best avoided. Effectively they are two polarised electrolytics in reverse series. Putting two normal electrolytics in series won't work though! The value is not critical. You should be able to get away with a 1 MicroFarad capacitor and these are very readily available from Maplins and the like. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
