Product Overview
Xicon 100uF 16V Aluminum Electrolytic, Radial Leads, Marked 20 Percent Tolerance
Condition
New and unused. The sample photographed is representative of the stock on hand. The blue sleeve is clean and unmarked apart from the printing, the body reads XICON in the oval wordmark with 100 uF, 16V and 20% around the sleeve, and the black polarity band with its inset marking runs the length of the negative side. Both leads are bright and free of oxidation or solder, splayed apart where they leave the can as supplied, and the two are unequal in length in the photos. Nothing is shown here about how the pieces are packaged, so no packaging claim is made.
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Product Overview
This is a general purpose aluminum electrolytic capacitor in the small radial can format that populates the low voltage rails of nearly every through-hole board ever built. The sleeve carries its own spec sheet: 100 uF of capacitance, a 16V working voltage and a 20% capacitance tolerance, all printed in black on the blue wrap along with the Xicon oval. It is polarized, and the photos show how you tell which way it goes in: the black stripe down one side marks the negative lead, and the positive lead is the longer of the two as supplied. That is the entire identity of the part, and it is exactly the information a board repair needs to match a footprint. Xicon is a house electronics brand of passive components, so these turn up as the stocked equivalent wherever a datasheet simply called for 100 uF at 16 volts.
Key Features
- Capacitance: 100 uF, printed on the sleeve
- Working voltage: 16V, printed on the sleeve
- Capacitance tolerance: 20%, printed on the sleeve
- Brand: Xicon, oval wordmark printed on the body
- Type: polarized aluminum electrolytic, blue sleeve with black polarity band
- Mounting: radial leads, both on the same end, through-hole
- Leads: bright and clean as supplied, splayed apart where they leave the can, no solder or oxidation
- Polarity: black stripe marks the negative lead, positive lead is longer as supplied
Applications
- Bench tech recapping a low voltage rail on a consumer or industrial board and needing a handful of 100 uF cans, not a bag of a hundred
- Audio hobbyist building a preamp or effects pedal where 100 uF at 16V sits across a supply node or a bypass leg
- Instrument repair shop matching an original 100 uF 16V footprint on a through-hole assembly rather than adapting a surface mount substitute
- Student or prototyper stuffing a breadboard-to-perfboard build and wanting a labeled, in-tolerance part instead of a mystery-drawer pull
Frequently Asked Questions
Which lead is negative?
The black band down one side of the sleeve marks the negative lead, and it is clearly visible in the photos. As supplied, the positive lead is the longer of the two. Once you trim them, go by the stripe and not by length.
What temperature range is this rated for?
Not confirmed. Nothing on the body states a temperature rating, and the long-standing listing text carried a range we cannot verify against the part, so we have left it out rather than publish a figure that might belong to a different component. If your design runs hot or cold, verify the rating against the Xicon datasheet for this series before use.
Are these new or pulled from boards?
New and unused. The leads are bright and clean, with no solder, tinning residue or cut marks, which is what an unused radial part looks like and what a desoldered pull does not.
Does the 20% tolerance matter for what I am doing?
For supply filtering, bypass and decoupling, which is where most 100 uF electrolytics live, 20% is the normal grade and it will not change how the circuit behaves. If your position is a timing element where the exact capacitance sets a period, measure the piece before you commit to it or choose a tighter-tolerance type.
Why buy six of these here instead of a bag of a hundred somewhere else?
Because a board repair usually wants four or six, not a hundred. We sell you the exact count you need out of deep stock, with a representative piece photographed and identified so you know what the part is, instead of committing you to a forced lot that leaves ninety-four capacitors aging in a drawer. Shipping is $8 flat rate and free once your order passes $28, so it pays to fill the rest of the order out of the same shelves, and everything leaves our Idaho warehouse the same or next business day.
Blue sleeve, black stripe, twenty percent either way - the honest arithmetic of a general purpose electrolytic. Count out what your board is missing and get that rail quiet again.
