Re: Capacitor Wattage Capability



On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 16:51:04 +1000 Franc Zabkar
<fzabkar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I've heard that
>higher voltage electrolytic caps may also have higher leakage
>currents.

I suspect that's true only if you measure each cap at its rated
voltage. I believe that if you measure each cap at the same voltage,
while staying within both ratings, the higher voltage electrolytic
will show less leakage.

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Jim Adney jadney@xxxxxxxxxxx
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