[Boatanchors] Q of electrolytic capacitors

J. Forster jfor at quik.com
Tue Nov 30 04:29:11 EST 2004


Brian Clarke wrote:

> But, why are you concerned with the leakage resistance? It has almost no effect
> as a smoothing capacitor. Measure the ESR.

Too much leakage = too much dissipated power. See what happens here:

http://www.trackpads.net/webs/wireless-set-no19/photos/cap.htm

-John

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