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Old 05-16-2003, 05:43 AM
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Cole Trickle
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Originally posted by MattW
From a capacatance point of view yes 2x4700uf caps in parallel would be the same as a single 9400uf. However the 2 caps would have much higher impedance that the single cap. In capacitors impedance goes down as capacitance goes up.

For info the large cap in the LRP worlds kit is 4700uF, and certainly looks to me to be a Panasonic made cap.
Yes, but impedance will also be lowered when you parallel caps. 2 4700 in parallel will have half the impedance of one 4700. 3 gives one third impedance and so on.
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