[Boatanchors] Electrolytic WVDC

[Bob Macklin]

Size and Cost!

But many times we used the higher voltage unit in the same application as
the lower voltage unit so we would pnly have to stock one value.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K3PID" <k3pid at sbcglobal.net>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 5:48 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Electrolytic WVDC


> What's the down side of running well below the WVDC listed on an
> electrolytic? As I understand it, the Working Voltage DC is 70% to 85% of
> the maximum breakdown voltage and generally, the higher the voltage the
> shorter the useful life...but what if I put say a 10uf @ 100 WVDC in place
> of a 10uf @ 25 WVDC....
>
> Nothing I can find would indicate that there would be any down side to
that
> replacement except perhaps the physical size of the higher voltage unit...
>
>
> K3PID
> Ron H.
>
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