Re: Is this capacitor okay ? ? ?

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Original poster: "colin.heath4 by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <colin.heath4-at-ntlworld-dot-com>

hi dan,
            sorry didnt realise you had no spec. i didnt think you would have
a prob with a spec cap
cheers
colin

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Subject: RE: Is this capacitor okay ? ? ?


 > Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
 >
 >
 >
 > I asked the question because I didn't have any specifications for this
 > capacitor.  I only had a part number so I didn't
 > know if it was a pulse capacitor, or standard DC filtering capacitor.
Also,
 > ripple rating is important as well as with only 5uF, there may still be
 > considerable ripple on the capacitor and if the capacitor has a high ESR,
 > then it could very easily overheat.
 >
 > Dan
 >
 >
 >
 > hi
 >       the caps used for dc smoothing come under a lot less stress than at
 > high
 > frequency. as long as the voltage rating is up to the job and the current
 > rating is sufficient then it should be fine .
 > i am suprised that you are asking this question though (no disrespect) but
 > theprojects you have built i figured you already know the answer to your
own
 > question
 > cheers
 > colin
 >
 >