I have a bunch of track light fixtures that are all blowing out capacitors, and the manufacturer doesn't exist anymore so I'm trying to repair them myself. I'm having difficulty finding replacements for the exact capacitor, and am too inexperienced to know what range of ratings variance I can safely use. I would appreciate this community's help.
The exact markings are:
224K ©
250VMPE
They're that brown/red type that I take to be film capacitors, with straight leads spaced at about 1.5mm. The body of the capacitor is about 1.6mm wide by 0.8mm tall by 0.4mm thickness. The form factor is important as there's very little room to spare in the body of this fixture. In case it matters/helps, the fixture is a 50W halogen MR16 track light where the transformer is in each fixture rather than on the track, and I live in the US so I'm assuming the track is 120v.
My hope is to find a suitable equivalent where I don't have to either buy 1000 of them (I need maybe 20) and ideally where I don't have to wait a month for them to arrive from China. I don't mind paying a premium in exchange for better quality ones and/or easier availability. If anyone can suggest either a specific alternative or tell me what range of specs I can safely search within, I'd greatly appreciate it.
The exact markings are:
224K ©
250VMPE
They're that brown/red type that I take to be film capacitors, with straight leads spaced at about 1.5mm. The body of the capacitor is about 1.6mm wide by 0.8mm tall by 0.4mm thickness. The form factor is important as there's very little room to spare in the body of this fixture. In case it matters/helps, the fixture is a 50W halogen MR16 track light where the transformer is in each fixture rather than on the track, and I live in the US so I'm assuming the track is 120v.
My hope is to find a suitable equivalent where I don't have to either buy 1000 of them (I need maybe 20) and ideally where I don't have to wait a month for them to arrive from China. I don't mind paying a premium in exchange for better quality ones and/or easier availability. If anyone can suggest either a specific alternative or tell me what range of specs I can safely search within, I'd greatly appreciate it.