Re: cap question

Scott,

What happens if you exceed the rated voltage on a big cap? Does it
just short and the fuse blows or is it a bit more serious? I just
upped my power and am running 36 v through a 40V rated, 65,000 mfd cap.

Roger Nicholas
Akron OH

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Scott M. Thomas" <scott@d...> wrote:
> No need to trim. In general, the more the better. I have about
50000uF on
> my "on-going power supply project". I get about 300mV RMS ripple at 10A
> with that setup.
>
> I would be a bit concerned about running a 60V cap at 58V. Are you
sure it
> will never go higher than that?
>
> Thanks
> Scott
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Snodgrass [mailto:snarf@s...]
> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 5:44 PM
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y...
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] cap question
>
>
> Hello, on my on-going power supply project, I am putting
> together a 25A unit. By using a rough estimate of 1000mf
> per A load, I need 25000mf. I have a 33000mf 60V cap. The output of my
> trans is 58V. Is there anyway to "trim"
> 8000mf? How much overfiltering can be tolerated?
>
> Thanx
> Mike
>
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