cap size for relay

Hello,

After reading a few other posts about adding a capacitor to the coil of a relay that is being controlled by a fading interior dome light in order to eliminate “chatter”, I gave it a try using a 470uF 50V capacitor and it worked perfectly.  However, the actual size (dimensionally speaking) of the capacitor is pretty big.  Is there a smaller size capacitor I could use instead?  The relay is standard 12+vdc Bosch style automotive relay and the capacitor may only have a few seconds to charge up before the interior lights begin to fade out.

Thanks

Ryan

Also try a 220Mic capacitor.  It too should work. 

tantilum capacitors are much smaller than electrolytic.Electrons behave like waves on monday, wednesday, and friday, like particles on tuesday, thursday, and saturday, and like nothing at all on sunday.