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Making non-polarized capacitors out of polarized capacitors   Message List  
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Just because I haven't seen it mentioned here.
And just because there may be thousands of polarized
electrolytic capacitors out there for every
available non-polarized (NP)electrolytic capacitor,
the following is what to do to make an NP electrolytic
if you only can find the polarized kind: Put two (2)
equal value polarized Cs in series in polarity
opposition. That is, connect the two + ends or the
two minus ends together to get the series pair.
The resulting non-polarized C is equal to one of the
pair and the combination is non-polarized.


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Just because I haven't seen it mentioned here. And just because there may be thousands of polarized electrolytic capacitors out there for every available...
Don Hildreth
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Oct 8, 2006
10:45 pm

Thanks Don...for bringing it up, but you're missing Detail~ CAPs in Series, function like RESISTORs in PARALLEL! [If 2 equal R's in parallel, or equal C's in...
Bella Lugosi
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Oct 9, 2006
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What you say would be true for 'normal' capacitors in series, but the approximate equivalent circuit of an electrolytic capacitor is usually given as a...
Don Hildreth
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Oct 9, 2006
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... Well - it's not 'usual' but is a reasonable approximation - when you account for the monumental amount of reverse current leakage -...
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Oct 11, 2006
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Equivalent circuits are always simply approximations done to make applications feasible. Electrolytic capacitors in general have high leakage behaviors. That...
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Oct 11, 2006
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Gave my eldest a Philco reciever, older than I am, latest data on it was in 1933; has a Sprague supply filter cap that has a serial number on it. Died a few...
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