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- From: wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith)
- Subject: Using big caps as computer power supply filters (?)
- Organization: (this space for rent)
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:50:23 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.165023.29174@julian.uwo.ca>
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- I've got some big electrolytic caps (20000 to 60000 uf, 16 to 40 volts),
- and I was thinking of putting them across the 5V and 12V power supplies
- in my pc. I would think that cap's that big would provide maybe 1
- second of backup power. Should I use some inductors or smaller
- caps with these big guys (to make them safer), or are they pretty reliable
- on their own (I wouldn't want them exploding inside my pc). :)
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