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- From: kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad)
- Subject: Re: Using big caps as computer power supply filters (?)
- Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
- Date: 17 Nov 92 11:54:12 CST
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.115412.26749@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
- References: <1992Nov17.165023.29174@julian.uwo.ca>
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- In article <1992Nov17.165023.29174@julian.uwo.ca> wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith) writes:
- >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.
-
- I think that asking for one second would be a little much. Here's hwy:
-
- Consider: Let's let your 5V line drop by 1V, to 4V. TTL chips aren't
- speced to work that low, but if you're lucky, maybe they will. Next let's
- assume that that 486 DX2/66 number masher of yours draws 5A. This is
- probably conservative, too, but anyway... We'll also assume that the
- current being drawn is constant, since, between 4 and 5V, it probably
- won't change that much. Again, all of this is going to happen in 1s.
-
- Now then... I=C*dv/dt, or V-Vo=1/C*(integral of) I (WRT t). 1=1/C*5 -->
- C=5 FARADS. That's 83 of those 60000uF capactiros in parallel. :-)
-
- ---Joel Kolstad
-