Upsizing Capacitors


Gents, what kind of best practices do you have on upsizing capacitors? Capacitance, voltage - sometimes where necessary due to availability, but also which ones do you normally try to upsize if you had the choice?

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Showing 1 response by erik_squires

I have to assume we are talking about filter caps...

You have to be careful as bigger caps = more current draw and more stress on the transformer and upstream components.

Personally, reduced ESR and higher temperatures are a bigger factor in upgrading these than the capacitance. Higher temperature caps have longer endurance ratings generally speaking, so if I can fit a 105C cap in place of an 85C cap I will.