Hi,
I bought some JJ 47uF 450 Volt electrolytic capacitors to use in typical CRC PSU type design, and when they arrived they were very small in comparison to what I expected.
They Were just over 1" tall and 1/2 diameter.
Usually I would expect to see a size of 2" tall and 1 1/2" diameter for this size cap.
In the image is the small 47uF 450V next to a 50uF 500V (JJ also) The capacitance/voltage ratings are relatively similar and presumeably to swap these in a less than 400V enviroment is acceptable. I can see that the larger cap has 2 x 50uF - but it is still appreciably bigger than 2 of the small one !
My question is - Is there anything to be gained (or lost) by using the physically bigger (or smaller) type of capacitor.
I am referring to the PSU powering of audio type circuits - presently building the EQP1a.
I have searched the Power supply meta with no answers and obviously a search for capacitor brings floods of results so apologies if I missed the answer to this question.
Thanks in advance
I bought some JJ 47uF 450 Volt electrolytic capacitors to use in typical CRC PSU type design, and when they arrived they were very small in comparison to what I expected.
They Were just over 1" tall and 1/2 diameter.
Usually I would expect to see a size of 2" tall and 1 1/2" diameter for this size cap.
In the image is the small 47uF 450V next to a 50uF 500V (JJ also) The capacitance/voltage ratings are relatively similar and presumeably to swap these in a less than 400V enviroment is acceptable. I can see that the larger cap has 2 x 50uF - but it is still appreciably bigger than 2 of the small one !
My question is - Is there anything to be gained (or lost) by using the physically bigger (or smaller) type of capacitor.
I am referring to the PSU powering of audio type circuits - presently building the EQP1a.
I have searched the Power supply meta with no answers and obviously a search for capacitor brings floods of results so apologies if I missed the answer to this question.
Thanks in advance