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Sorry, guys--I'd look this up if I could find my Forrest Mims book.

If a design calls for a 35v cap, will it hurt to use, say a 50v?

Thank you for your patience
tomr
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I *think* that's OK.  I believe you're dealing with maximum capability
before the component breaks down, so you're just giving yourself more
headroom.  Now, don't deviate from the specified farads, or your circuit
will behave differently.  But you knew that.  :)

--PBr, who is not an electrical engineer, so probably shouldn't be trusted
to answer this with 100% accuracy, thank you very much.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	binky beetlebaum [SMTP:binky_beetlebaum@...]
> Sent:	Wednesday, January 17, 2001 9:09 AM
> To:	motm@egroups.com
> Subject:	[motm] ot-basic electronics question
> 
> Sorry, guys--I'd look this up if I could find my Forrest Mims book.
> 
> If a design calls for a 35v cap, will it hurt to use, say a 50v?
>

Yeah, that's just a maximum.

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Brousseau, Paul E (Paul) [mailto:noise@...] 
Sent:	Wednesday, 17 January, 2001 12:40 PM
To:	'motm@egroups.com'
Subject:	RE: [motm] ot-basic electronics question

I *think* that's OK.  I believe you're dealing with maximum capability
before the component breaks down, so you're just giving yourself more
headroom.  Now, don't deviate from the specified farads, or your circuit
will behave differently.  But you knew that.  :)

Yes, this is OK.

Moe

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	binky beetlebaum [SMTP:binky_beetlebaum@h...]
> > Sent:	Wednesday, January 17, 2001 9:09 AM
> > To:	motm@egroups.com
> > Subject:	[motm] ot-basic electronics question
> > 
> > Sorry, guys--I'd look this up if I could find my Forrest Mims 
book.

> > 
> > If a design calls for a 35v cap, will it hurt to use, say a 50v?
> >

>If a design calls for a 35v cap, will it hurt to use, say a 50v?

Yes, this should be perfectly OK, as should a 63V cap. But do watch out
for physical size. The larger the working voltage, generally the larger
the capacitor.

Regards,

Tony Allgood  Penrith, Cumbria, England

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