>Naive question: photoflash type caps are obviously designed for a high peak
>current, albeit intermittently. One would presume that they are designed for
>low ESR, but if that's so, why do they give up pretty rapidly under high
>ripple conditions?
>
Not absolutely sure Peter, but the photo flash jobs I believe are optimized
for the high frequency, low amplitude switching ripple encountered in flash
supplys, not the low frequency, much higher amplitude ripple found in
amateur brute-force supplys.
Welcome back !
Phil
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