What will I Have??


I would like to know what I would have if I had a 20 mfd cap at 500 vdc and I bridged it with a 40 mfd at 400 vdc , also how would I figure out what value resistor to use for a bleeder? Is thier a formula for this ? If you know what I would have or how to figure it out let me know.......Thanks Will
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I'm guessing that your talking about using the two caps in parallel to increase the total capacitance. This would give you a 60 ufd cap with a voltage max of 400 v.

If you were planning on putting them in series, i would not recommend doing this. It would be much better to buy the correct value cap than to try and rig something like this up.

As to the bleeder value to use, that will vary with what you are trying to achieve with the bleeder. Sean
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