35v and 50v caps in parallel?

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VacuumVoodoo

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No. The 35V caps would still have full applied voltage across them. As a rule of thumb I use caps rated ca 30% higher than the highest voltage they'll see in operation. You can connect lower rated caps in series to deal with high voltage, this is often done in tubeamp psu.
 

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