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Offline Ducksrfun

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Capacitor physical size
« on: December 21, 2020, 02:11:01 PM »
Does the physical size of a capacitor make a different in the function/operation of the capacitor?

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Re: Capacitor physical size
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2020, 02:46:45 PM »
As I remember, the bigger size capacitors from same manufacturer have the better ripple-current in most cases. However, it depends of specific vendor/series etc.

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Re: Capacitor physical size
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2020, 11:46:35 PM »
I presume we are talking apples to apples here, as in cap types.   If you are comparing non-polar electrolytic, polyprop, or film and foil by size there are other more important factors to consider.

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Re: Capacitor physical size
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2020, 08:52:41 PM »
The values are the same for each capacitor but the size is smaller.  I am upgrading a 1970

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Re: Capacitor physical size
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2020, 10:19:23 PM »
The values are the same for each capacitor but the size is smaller.  I am upgrading a 1970
Values are not the same as types.