On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Perry Sandeen <[email protected]> wrote: > One, can I safely double the capacitance of the filter capacitors? (I plan > on using the 105C 10K hour high reliability Nichicon or Panasonic units.)
A possible problem is "in rush current". When you first turn on the power a non-charged filter cap looks like a dead short. A larger cap will look like a short for a longer time. As long as there is something that limits the current you may be OK. That might even be the resistance is a transformer. Modern diode rectifier are pretty good and will take a large inrush current. doubling is really not a huge increase in size. Use quality parts, 105C and maybe 50% more volts than the peak they will see and low ESR. Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
