At 05:20 PM 11/10/2003 -0600, llile@SALTONUSA.COM wrote:

>An even cruder, but handy approximation is 1000 uF per amp of power supply
>current.  I have watched this work wonders in marginal power supplies.

I learned that lesson the hard way, in high school.
There is such a thing as too much filter cap!

100,000uF sounds nice, till you watch the current through the diodes during the teeny-tiny conduction angle skyrocket!

Now, they do power factor correction in SMPS inputs, that make them conduct over most of the cycle. A diode, replaced by a bunch of parts. :)

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