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- From: gilchr@ee.ualberta.ca (Andrew Gilchrist)
- Subject: Re: Capacitors, etc... CALMLY
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 10:59:31 GMT
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- brian@hopi.eel.ufl.edu (Brian Gentry) writes:
-
- >I thought that the major reason for using these caps was because of the
- >poor transient capability of the car battery. I know that a battery
- >can put out a lot of current for a short time (i.e. starting the car) but
- >I thought it had bad performance for very fast transients.
-
- No... I don't think anyone said that. Let me take another stab at this.
- The charging voltage (say 13.8, just for fun) is higher than the
- battery voltage. If you are drawing current from the battery, this implies
- that your load voltage is around 12 Volts... thus, your car is failing to
- keep the load voltage regulated to an acceptable level. If your
- load voltage is fluctuating 13%, as in this example, it is possible that
- it will affect amplifier performance. SO, the purpose of the
- bypass/"stiffening" capacitors, is to improve the regulation of your
- charging system... particularly with transient current demand.
- (it would surprise me to discover that your car's alternator had a very
- low AC impedance... however, since my specialty is not car charging
- systems, I will refrain from making bold assertions in this area)
-
-
- >be mistaken. In any case, the highest frequency we should be worried about
- >is 22.05kHz as this is the highest frequency reproducable by a CD player.
-
- No. Since the amplifier is a non-linear load, it's tough to predict the
- max. frequency to expect...
-
- >I have seen a comparison of capacitance vs.
- >frequency for a big electrolytic, before and after being bypassed with a
-
- This confuses me. Please describe the testing procedure.
-
- >I think that especially for this application (stiffening capacitors) the use
- >of small "bypass" caps is really overkill. I think that you would not be
- >able to tell the difference audibly and would probably be hard pressed to
- >measure it.
- Possibly.
-
- Andrew
-