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Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Cap voltage rating (was Re: Power supply question.....

Posted by scott wilson
on 2002-04-23 07:53:58 UTC
should be 1.414 * voltage roughly

the other thing to remember about computer ps's is that they run at much higher freq than a std 60hz brute force linear

dave_ace_me wrote:

> Hi Scott and all,
>
> I've been reading the threads about power supplies and caps and
> transformers and all with great interest.
>
> Seems to me that the preference is Torridoidal transformers and huge
> capacity cap's, but the cap's voltage is not suposed to be lots more
> than the expected voltage of the system. is: if you plan on a 35 volt
> power supply, 24 VAC trans + cap, a 50Volt cap would be good, but a
> 100 Volt cap would actually not be a good choice.
>
> On my 12 supply from my computer, it has 500 volt cap's. it is a
> dual power, 220/110.
>
> Then there is the voltage increase from the steppers when not being
> driven, but still spinning.
>
> Is there a good rule of thumb (or actual engineering principals ?)
> to size a capacitor ?
>
> Dave
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., scott wilson <swilson@d...> wrote:
> > have seen several pwr supply questions about caps....and it seems
> to me that if they are being used as brute filter caps people are
> using way to low a working voltage....in this case i would feel much
> better with a 80-100v rating....and yes you can put them in parallel
> >
> > RC wrote:
> >
> > > Building my first power supply, needs to be approx. 42 volts @ 10
> amps.... I will need a cap with a 19,000 mf value with at least 50
> v. rating, the question I have is, can one "add" the mf values,
> instead of using one large cap? And if so, how would they be
> connected, series or parallel?
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Discussion Thread

RC 2002-04-22 03:04:20 UTC Power supply question..... steveggca 2002-04-22 04:12:47 UTC Re: Power supply question..... Brian 2002-04-22 05:39:05 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Power supply question..... scott wilson 2002-04-22 06:14:24 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Power supply question..... JanRwl@A... 2002-04-22 19:15:52 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Power supply question..... RC 2002-04-23 02:57:40 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Power supply question..... dave_ace_me 2002-04-23 07:23:13 UTC Cap voltage rating (was Re: Power supply question..... scott wilson 2002-04-23 07:53:58 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Cap voltage rating (was Re: Power supply question..... scott wilson 2002-04-23 08:00:38 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Cap voltage rating (was Re: Power supply question..... Jon Elson 2002-04-23 10:42:01 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Cap voltage rating (was Re: Power supply question..... beer@s... 2002-04-23 11:33:35 UTC Re: Re: Power supply question..... scott wilson 2002-04-23 12:40:22 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Re: Power supply question..... Tim Goldstein 2002-04-23 13:02:01 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Re: Power supply question..... Raymond Heckert 2002-04-23 13:12:20 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Power supply question..... studleylee 2002-04-23 13:20:31 UTC Re: Power supply question.....A Good Cap info link scott wilson 2002-04-23 13:38:27 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Power supply question.....A Good Cap info link scott wilson 2002-04-23 13:54:34 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Power supply question..... JanRwl@A... 2002-04-23 20:37:27 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Power supply question..... Jon Elson 2002-04-23 23:01:42 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Re: Power supply question..... Jon Elson 2002-04-23 23:07:26 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Power supply question..... batwings@i... 2002-04-24 05:12:06 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Re: Power supply question..... beer@s... 2002-04-24 13:26:32 UTC Re: Re: Re: Power supply question..... dave_ace_me 2002-04-24 13:49:33 UTC Re: Power supply question..... RC 2002-04-24 13:52:09 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Power supply question..... Raymond Heckert 2002-04-24 20:47:54 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Power supply question..... Raymond Heckert 2002-04-24 20:48:01 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Power supply question..... ballendo 2002-04-26 01:05:19 UTC Technical help was Cap voltage rating (was Re: Power supply question..... ballendo 2002-04-26 01:12:56 UTC conflicting answers? was Re: Power supply question.....A Good Cap info link Jon Elson 2002-05-02 22:14:36 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Re: Re: Power supply question..... scott wilson 2002-05-03 04:38:37 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Re: Re: Power supply question..... Jon Elson 2002-05-03 10:15:39 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Re: Re: Power supply question..... scott wilson 2002-05-03 10:23:29 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Re: Re: Power supply question..... JanRwl@A... 2002-05-03 20:36:58 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Re: Re: Power supply question..... Jon Elson 2002-05-03 23:01:48 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Re: Re: Power supply question..... mariss92705 2002-05-04 00:28:35 UTC Re: Re: Power supply question..... JanRwl@A... 2002-05-04 09:03:45 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Re: Power supply question..... Tim Goldstein 2002-05-04 09:51:29 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Re: Power supply question..... Jon Elson 2002-05-04 22:24:03 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Re: Power supply question.....