Power Supply capacitor physical size

[Jon Elson]

On 09/03/2016 10:56 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>      > From: Jon Elson
>
>      >> needs new caps since one of the 1000uF 16V ones has bulged badly.
>      >> ...
>      >> If I go up to 25V I can get 16mm diameter which is the size of the old
>      >> ones.
>
>      > Capacitors that are subjected to high AC ripple current may need the
>      > large surface area for cooling.
>
> Interesting point - but in his particular case, he should be OK replacing the
> old 16V cap with a similar-sized modern 25V cap?
>
>
Similar size - then no problem!  But, some new cap types are 
VASTLY smaller than the caps from 40 years ago.


Jon