Hi!
I am interested to know what happens to capacitors when too much load is applied? Do they only pop on overvolt or also on over load?
In SMPS caps are in parallel in order to get rid of ripple. If I exceed capacitors supply ability will I only get tons of ripple or will they also explode at the some point? And is there way to calculate max allowed amps for capacitor if I know actual volts, allowed max volts and capacitance? And also is there some rule that for example if I got this power supply from china then calculated maximum load should be divided by 3 to be safe for example?
Also do you have experiences, how reliable are chinese power supplies? They advertise it as LED power supply but LED lighting is something that during winter period could easily be powered 10+ hours in a row and I am curious if anyone have experience with long time use of chinese power supplies?
Some time ago I managed to pop chinese step up converter (I think I connected it in reverse polarity but I dont remember exactly anymore). And that pop was so loud that it was anything but fun. And now I am scared of every single power supply I see lol :P
I am interested to know what happens to capacitors when too much load is applied? Do they only pop on overvolt or also on over load?
In SMPS caps are in parallel in order to get rid of ripple. If I exceed capacitors supply ability will I only get tons of ripple or will they also explode at the some point? And is there way to calculate max allowed amps for capacitor if I know actual volts, allowed max volts and capacitance? And also is there some rule that for example if I got this power supply from china then calculated maximum load should be divided by 3 to be safe for example?
Also do you have experiences, how reliable are chinese power supplies? They advertise it as LED power supply but LED lighting is something that during winter period could easily be powered 10+ hours in a row and I am curious if anyone have experience with long time use of chinese power supplies?
Some time ago I managed to pop chinese step up converter (I think I connected it in reverse polarity but I dont remember exactly anymore). And that pop was so loud that it was anything but fun. And now I am scared of every single power supply I see lol :P
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