Re: caps back to back

On 22 Nov 2005 20:51:51 -0800, "Kevin White" <kevinjwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wroth:


>
>2) As someone suggested you can augment the basic circuit with a couple
>of diodes to ensure that the caps don't get reverse biased - the diodes
>are not just put in series with the capacitors though, they are put
>across each cap in the appropriate direction - this improves the
>rectification to guarantee the bias on the capacitor. The effective
>capacitance will be the same as above.
>
>kevin

When you use the diodes, two 10 uF caps in series will give you the
equivalent capacitance of 10 uF, not 5 uF.

Jim


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