[AMPS] a sticky issue.

[measures]

>
>> Someone is certainly confused here.  The HF RF bypass cap will 
>> reduce 1.8 MHz ripple on the electrolytics.  The problem with
>> ripple currents in the electrolytics has to due with resistive heating,
>> The designer usually sizes the caps to meet a ripple current heating
>> specification and if that ripple increases due to plate voltage swing
>> leaking back through the plate choke, the PS filter caps will operate at
>> increased temperature and somewhat reduced life.
>
>I must not follow what Rich has running through his mind on this 
>one.
>
>I can't imagine a capacitor being banged every half-cycle by 
>thousands of volts of rectified AC suddenly having a problem with 
>an additional dozen volts!
>
Tom -- Can you imagine that 120Hz is different than 1,800,000Hz?  Average 
electrolytics are designed to work at frequencies in the audio range.  
Some electrolytic manufacturers (Sprague) caution against exposure to RF. 
 
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-  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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