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Power schematic questions
I received a guitar pedal in poor condition and looking to repair. Checking through the schematic, it appeared the electrolytic caps were installed backwards. All other picture I could find online ...
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Can we use electrolytic capacitors on IC power rails?
Can we use bulk electrolytic capacitors on the power rails of an IC? I know that we will use bulk capacitors in switching regulators at input. Can anyone explain why or why not and how to find ripple ...
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How to Determine Input Capacitor Value for Peak Power Requirement
For flyback SMPS, how do we know that our input capacitor value is sufficient for some peak power requirement?
I understand that bigger input capacitor will have more advantage on this peak power. ...
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What is this solar power RC circuit doing?
I am a CSE student working on a project.
We are using a solar powered microcontroller. The solar panel's power goes through a fuse and an RC circuit with a varistor to the charging system.
What ...
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How much work/power is 1 Joule of energy capable of doing? [closed]
I ask this question because of this question Is .95J worth of work within 1 second Equivalent to .95W of Power? It is not the same question and it's completely different because of the included ...
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Is .95J worth of work within 1 second Equivalent to .95W of Power?
This is a question that has two parts to it divided up into two sections. It is similar to the "Is Work done to Transfer Energy?" question but has been refined to include the conversion from Joules of ...
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Floating electrolytic capacitor with cathode connected
I have a board where I have some electrolytic capacitors on the input side of a voltage regulator. Under normal operation everything is ok. But the board can also during programming of the MCU be fed ...
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Adding capacitors prevents car peltier cooler from making low battery light flicker, but why?
I have a Black and Decker Heater/Cooler that I want to use in my Camper as a little drink caddy for in front of my Futon while I have company over and we are playing games, and I just switched to a ...
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Alternatives to aluminum capacitors [closed]
I am looking for an aluminum capacitor that doesn't exist. It has to be 600uF, 450V, but fit to height of 30-35mm and endure 10000 hours. Would be nice, if it could be rectangular. Ah, and cheap.
So ...
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