For your next gainclown amp...

I_Forgot · 6th January 2006, 06:34 PM

http://www.overstock.com/?page=proframe&prod_id=1147985

It would look mighty cool to have a pair of these babies powering your amp!

I_F

chipco3434 · 6th January 2006, 06:38 PM

I really wonder if a 1.5F cap can be the size of liter can. Seems like it should be four or five times that size to truly be 1.5F. I have some 59,000uF caps here that are the size of a beer can... granted that they are 75V rated.

DcibeL · 6th January 2006, 07:58 PM

Yes, this 1.5F automotive smoothing cap seems smaller then it should because of it's low voltage rating. Actually at 24V this one is rather high for an auto cap, most I've seen are 16V.

I don't think a 24V cap is good enough for a "gainclone", and I don't want to know what a cap of that size will do if you give it too much voltage.

Dominick22 · 6th January 2006, 08:06 PM

DCIBEL SAID:

I don't think a 24V cap is good enough for a "gainclone", and I don't want to know what a cap of that size will do if you give it too much voltage.

HMMM...I would sure like to know and better yet...see it.

tiltedhalo · 7th January 2006, 03:31 PM

I bought one of these once for a car stereo install, tore it apart to see

The guts were sealed in epoxy, it was a bunce of smaller caps paralled in a fancy can with a cheap voltage display pretty much a total rip off..........

edl · 7th January 2006, 04:23 PM

Good joke, dear I_Forgot!

lineup · 7th January 2006, 05:44 PM

To make one 1.5F/24V cap:

Simply parallel (150)one hundred and fifty 10.000uF/24V electrolytic capacitors.
This will give 1.5 Farad.

What to use it for?
I have no idea, and it will be quite large to fit in an amplifier.

Tekko · 7th January 2006, 08:47 PM

DJNUBZ · 8th January 2006, 01:36 AM

I would so use these if I Wasn't worried about voltage. They can sometimes be found pretty cheap on EBAY. Hmmmmm the aleph X uses low V+, I wonder how a pair of these would sound with that amp.

sivan_and · 8th January 2006, 02:16 PM

http://www.maxwell.com/ultracapacito...app_notes.html
Good for cranking..and helps to reduce dips in car battery voltage...

6th January 2006, 06:34 PM	#1
I_Forgot diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Phoenix, Az.	For your next gainclown amp... http://www.overstock.com/?page=proframe&prod_id=1147985 It would look mighty cool to have a pair of these babies powering your amp! I_F

6th January 2006, 07:58 PM	#3
DcibeL diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Saskatchewan	Yes, this 1.5F automotive smoothing cap seems smaller then it should because of it's low voltage rating. Actually at 24V this one is rather high for an auto cap, most I've seen are 16V. I don't think a 24V cap is good enough for a "gainclone", and I don't want to know what a cap of that size will do if you give it too much voltage. __________________ The power of Science compels you!

6th January 2006, 08:06 PM	#4
Dominick22 diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2005	DCIBEL SAID: I don't think a 24V cap is good enough for a "gainclone", and I don't want to know what a cap of that size will do if you give it too much voltage. HMMM...I would sure like to know and better yet...see it. __________________ A real amateur enthusiast!

7th January 2006, 03:31 PM	#5
tiltedhalo diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Melbourne Florida	super caps??? I bought one of these once for a car stereo install, tore it apart to see The guts were sealed in epoxy, it was a bunce of smaller caps paralled in a fancy can with a cheap voltage display pretty much a total rip off..........

7th January 2006, 05:44 PM	#7
lineup diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: the north	To make one 1.5F/24V cap: Simply parallel (150)one hundred and fifty 10.000uF/24V electrolytic capacitors. This will give 1.5 Farad. What to use it for? I have no idea, and it will be quite large to fit in an amplifier. __________________ lineup


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6th January 2006, 06:38 PM	#2
chipco3434 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Racine, Wisconsin	I really wonder if a 1.5F cap can be the size of liter can. Seems like it should be four or five times that size to truly be 1.5F. I have some 59,000uF caps here that are the size of a beer can... granted that they are 75V rated.

7th January 2006, 04:23 PM	#6
edl diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004	Good joke, dear I_Forgot!

7th January 2006, 08:47 PM	#8
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8th January 2006, 01:36 AM	#9
DJNUBZ diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago	I would so use these if I Wasn't worried about voltage. They can sometimes be found pretty cheap on EBAY. Hmmmmm the aleph X uses low V+, I wonder how a pair of these would sound with that amp. __________________ http://www.caraudioconnoisseur.com/

8th January 2006, 02:16 PM	#10
sivan_and diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Dxb / India	http://www.maxwell.com/ultracapacito...app_notes.html Good for cranking..and helps to reduce dips in car battery voltage... __________________ SivanandBalan

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