Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Capacitor size? Me again

rllalonde2000 wrote:

>Wow, That was alot of info to absorb! Thanks to all!
>
>I have some 15000 uf, 63volt caps. If I use two of them, that's 126
>volts. Well above the 50% margin. Shouldn't this be enough?
>
>

Yes, but you have to divide the capacitance by the number of caps you
put in series, so these will be effectively 7500 uF.
You have to use four caps to get the same effective capacitance with
double the voltage (two parallel strings of two each).

- Steve