Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #02166
To: Malinka110@aol.com, beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Brian beamguy@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 14:09:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: capacitors One more question
What exactly are you trying to do? If you want more
kick put two caps in parallel. That effectively adds
the cacitances. You don't want series.
--- Malinka110@aol.com wrote:
> >Actually, the 25v cap will work. You can even mix
> different voltages on the
> same >circuit. The voltage isn't really important.
> Just make sure they are
> Electrolytic and >high enough in current for your
> particular application. The
> 1000uF 6.3 cap will work >but you won't have much
> kick. I'd go with a minimum
> capacitance of 6700uF.
> >Jim
> So can I put 2 capacitors in a series then, for
> example 1000uf 6.3v and
> 47000uf 25v? So basically it is up to a switching
> diode to switch when the
> right voltage is reached, capacitors doesn't have to
> charge completely, right?
> Oleg
>
>
>
===
Brian
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