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Do I need to insulate the case of an electrolytic capacitor from ground? [duplicate]

I'm designing a motor controller, and I'm trying to understand if I need to add insulation between the case of the bulk input capacitors and the grounded aluminum heatsink. I know that relying on the ...
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Serial DC-link Capacitor to increase the effective voltage rating

I am developing a 2-phase motor driver system, which requires my inverter's DC-link to be near 480V. 480V is used to generate 2 line-line voltage of 220Vac(using 3-phase inverter). The Aluminium ...
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Charged capacitor as output

Ok this is a two part question, it's so that I can make the question as clear as possible. Let's say I have 1 watt of input power into a circuit or device and 1 joule of energy sitting in a capacitor ...
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