Non Polarized (Bipolar) Electrolytic Capacitor

Non Bipolar Electrolytic Capacitor look exactly the same as electrolytic capacitor except that it don't have the polarity(positive and negative sign)-it can be connected either way in a circuit. The size of this capacitor is bigger than the polarized electrolytic capacitor. For example, a 3.3 uf 50 volt non polarized electrolytic capacitor have the same size as 2200uf 25 volt polarized electrolytic capacitor. As for the replacement you cannot replace with a 3.3 uf 50 volt polarized electrolytic capacitor. It will usually blow in less than few minutes. This type of capacitor is not easily found in the electronic store as most of the electronic shop sell only the polarized electrolytic capacitor. I usually take the non-polarized electrolytic capacitor from the monitor scrap board. For those of you who could not buy or locate this type of capacitor, i have a tips for you. You may use metallised polyester capacitor as a replacement. What does this metallised capacitor look like? Search from the google search engine and many capacitor photos will show up. I had replaced the non-polarized electrolytic capacitor with the metallised capacitor in monitors and all of them worked perfectly fine!