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Old 21st December 2004, 03:29 PM   #1
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Default Capacitor Voltage Rating

Would running a cap at say 25% of its rated voltage be detrimental to the working life of the cap?? eg running a 400V cap at 100V? I was told its no good running a cap way below its rated voltage.

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Old 21st December 2004, 03:31 PM   #2
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Old 21st December 2004, 03:49 PM   #3
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How about this??

http://www.physicsenterprises.andrew...apacitors.html

There's one section that says that running a cap way below its rated voltage will cause an E-cap to lose capacitance.



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