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gangster
Fri Jul 10 2009, 06:42PM Print
gangster Registered Member #1831 Joined: Sun Nov 30 2008, 03:09PM
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Hi all,
Why all you guys use soo huge capacitor on fullbridge fullwave rectified drsstc's? I mostly see some 3300uF/400V what happens if i use only for example 330uF?? (those huge caps are too expensive for me)
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HV Enthusiast
Fri Jul 10 2009, 07:56PM
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Thats your energy storage cap. All the energy for each pulse will come from that cap. If its too small, you'll limit the performance of your DRSSTC.
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gangster
Fri Jul 10 2009, 09:05PM
gangster Registered Member #1831 Joined: Sun Nov 30 2008, 03:09PM
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ok i understand does it dont mind if I use a serio-paralell combination of many smaller caps, would that be a good replacement of one big cap?
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Mads Barnkob
Sat Jul 11 2009, 05:50AM
Mads Barnkob Registered Member #1403 Joined: Tue Mar 18 2008, 06:05PM
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You can do it, but it will never be as good as a single or a couple of large capacitors.

You will end up with a higher esr so you have less di/dt and the load spread over the bank will risc being uneven unless you stable it with resistors.

It will properly be alot of work for a mediocre result, someone back me up or shoot it down please :)
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LithiumLord
Sat Jul 11 2009, 11:43AM
LithiumLord Registered Member #1739 Joined: Fri Oct 03 2008, 10:05AM
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IIRC there was a DRSSTC even without any film caps - the only cap aside the one in the primary LC was a huge load of small lytics acting both as smoothing cap and bridge bypass.
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teravolt
Sat Jul 11 2009, 03:40PM
teravolt Registered Member #195 Joined: Fri Feb 17 2006, 08:27PM
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MadsKaizer is right that the esr may be less than one large cap but that it depends on how many you have. I have done a dozen with buss work in a full wave dubler configuration. I don't think it is apropriat for monster coils but table top coils are fine and they are only a cuple of bucks ea. I have seen coils like this. The place where where you will spend the money is in silicon
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gangster
Mon Jul 13 2009, 12:25PM
gangster Registered Member #1831 Joined: Sun Nov 30 2008, 03:09PM
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ok, thank you guys
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audio:deviant
Thu Jul 16 2009, 10:19PM
audio:deviant Registered Member #2081 Joined: Wed Apr 15 2009, 11:36AM
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im in the same boat! been trying to find some cheapy ones

what does everything think of this?

Link2

seems a bit cheap to me??
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