I'm just making a simple filter for my pwm circuit so I can do some better measurements of my circuit and wanted to know the safety margin for caps.
I don't really know what is the safety margin so I just sort of wing it. But, this time, I got some pretty huge caps and if they explode they could do some serious damage. Therefore I seek advice.
The caps in question are 200VDC 2000uF Electrolics (Sprague Powerlytic). And just wanted to make sure I can use them behind my full wave bridge rectifier, from a 110VAC source (118.8VAC measured). This gives a peak voltage of 202.79V which would usually be less do to voltage sag, wire resistance, and diode losses. The 200V caps should be slightly under rated so technically they should handle a bit more then 200V.
What do you guys think? Is it safe to use these? (was thinking of building a nice shield to put them behind just-in-case![Stick Out Tongue :p :p](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
TriX
I don't really know what is the safety margin so I just sort of wing it. But, this time, I got some pretty huge caps and if they explode they could do some serious damage. Therefore I seek advice.
The caps in question are 200VDC 2000uF Electrolics (Sprague Powerlytic). And just wanted to make sure I can use them behind my full wave bridge rectifier, from a 110VAC source (118.8VAC measured). This gives a peak voltage of 202.79V which would usually be less do to voltage sag, wire resistance, and diode losses. The 200V caps should be slightly under rated so technically they should handle a bit more then 200V.
What do you guys think? Is it safe to use these? (was thinking of building a nice shield to put them behind just-in-case
TriX