Timeline for Capacitors in a voltage regulation circuit
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| Apr 29, 2011 at 21:40 | comment | added | JustJeff | well .. when you energize the circuit, the cap will look like a short circuit for a short time. larger capacitors present more stress to the devices that charge them up, potentially shortening their lifespan. you could probably use 470uF as well as 100uF; just don't stick a 50,000uF on there. | |
| Apr 29, 2011 at 21:11 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackElectronix/status/64074339879886848 | ||
| Apr 29, 2011 at 21:01 | comment | added | Leon Heller | ESR is irrelevant in this situation. | |
| Apr 29, 2011 at 20:55 | vote | accept | rfusca | ||
| Apr 29, 2011 at 20:51 | comment | added | Brian Carlton | Higher never hurts unless the ESR is less. | |
| Apr 29, 2011 at 20:48 | answer | added | Leon Heller | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 29, 2011 at 20:32 | history | asked | rfusca | CC BY-SA 3.0 |