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- From: rp@cns.nyu.edu (Robert Picardi)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Using big caps as computer power supply fi
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- Date: 17 Nov 92 19:11:09 GMT
- References: <1992Nov17.165023.29174@julian.uwo.ca>
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- In article 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. 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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- Not a good idea... they look like a short circuit to your power supply at
- turn-on.
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