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Re: Capacitance



Hi,

	Capacitors either store energy, as in the primary capacitor, over time and
then suddenly release it all in a big bang.  Or, they can act like filters
that try to keep the voltage at a stable value and clamp spikes.

Cheers,

	Terry

At 09:00 AM 11/16/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Why do you need to place any capacitance across the circuit at all?
>
>Is it to eliminate voltage spikes or in-rush currents?
>
>thanks
>