Well I had repaired an old Antec SP350 that had a blown (IIRC) Fuhjyyu 47uF 25V capacitor for the critical cap with an Elna 47uF 25V 85°C general purpose capacitor. It works but I can bet this will fail someday...
However I still do not have any 47uF 25V 105°C low ESR caps on hand.
What I'm wondering... I have a small pile 100uF 50V 105°C PM capacitors... Tempted to swap that 47uF with the 100uF which should be a quality capacitor and won't die prematurely...
But it's double the capacitance!
I wonder what would happen if I do the swap, the PSU probably would take longer to start up, but would it do anything ... and whether I should use two 100uF capacitors in series to more closely match the original? This unfortunately is tricky as each 100uF is already like double the size of the original 47uF.
However I still do not have any 47uF 25V 105°C low ESR caps on hand.
What I'm wondering... I have a small pile 100uF 50V 105°C PM capacitors... Tempted to swap that 47uF with the 100uF which should be a quality capacitor and won't die prematurely...
But it's double the capacitance!
I wonder what would happen if I do the swap, the PSU probably would take longer to start up, but would it do anything ... and whether I should use two 100uF capacitors in series to more closely match the original? This unfortunately is tricky as each 100uF is already like double the size of the original 47uF.
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