Hi guys,
I have a failed Silverstone Nightjar, 430W. A small ish cap (under where all the wires are connected to the PCB) has bulged out. This thing is a toaster. I read a suggestion on a thread here to use capacitors with non-aqueous electrolyte. I also heard you shouldn't use low-esr capacitors in switch mode power supplies in general because they will increase the ripple by deregulating the filter network. Could someone recommend a good capacitor family to use in this situation? This is seemingly a secondary cap, so I guess up to 50V, maybe even 12V? I haven't pulled the PCB out yet, because that's a lot of messing about. I would appreciate if you could recommend a part that can be ordered from Mouser without wait times.
Thanks
I have a failed Silverstone Nightjar, 430W. A small ish cap (under where all the wires are connected to the PCB) has bulged out. This thing is a toaster. I read a suggestion on a thread here to use capacitors with non-aqueous electrolyte. I also heard you shouldn't use low-esr capacitors in switch mode power supplies in general because they will increase the ripple by deregulating the filter network. Could someone recommend a good capacitor family to use in this situation? This is seemingly a secondary cap, so I guess up to 50V, maybe even 12V? I haven't pulled the PCB out yet, because that's a lot of messing about. I would appreciate if you could recommend a part that can be ordered from Mouser without wait times.
Thanks
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