Re: nonpolarized caps

On Mon, 10 Mar 2025 08:49:47 -0400, legg <legg@nospam.magma.ca> wrote:

On Sun, 09 Mar 2025 15:02:48 -0700, john larkin <jlArbor.com> wrote:
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I need some nonpolarized caps, ballpark 10uF or so, +-50 volts. There
are some nonpolar aluminums.
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Any experience or advice?
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Polymer caps all seem to be polarized. Films are too big. Ceramics are
big and nonlinear.
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and nonpolar Aluminums are too . . . ?
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For what kind of service use? Ripple current? Frequency?

Output filter in a 8-channel bipolar switching power supply. The PCB
layout will be crazy dense.

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Back-to-back 100V polymers, center-biased to -50V?
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It's too far from Christmas to go and ask Santa Claus.
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RL

I asked for experience and advice, not snark.