> Designers use aluminum electrolytic caps for all of 2 reasons; Price and > Capacitance. I can really think of no other reason (at least those were the > only reasons I ever designed one into a circuit - and usually just a few in > the power supply).
As I have pondered this a bit more, I can think of one more reason to use an electrolytic capacitor : Moderately High Voltage (500 VDC or so). You can get some fairly high voltage electrolytic capacitors and as such you can store large amounts of energy in them (9200 uF @ 500 VDC packs quite a punch). My design generally ran off 24 Volt transformers so this was never a huge issue for me. Derek -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
