Some advice for caps in psu

[sam67]

Is it ok for me to use 2200uf 16v caps instead of 2200uf 10v caps ..you see i have some 16v caps left and the original caps were 10v will the voltage make any difference to the psu ..both are same series and manufacturer . It's just i have the higher voltage ones left as spares .

Cheers

[etnietering]

Re: Some advice for caps in psu

Yeah, that's fine. The voltage on the caps is the maximum voltage that they can tolerate before having problems. Increasing the maximum voltage is never a problem (a 10v cap and a 16v cap will charge to 5v equally well). However, they're usually physically larger, so make sure they'll fit!

[sam67]

Re: Some advice for caps in psu

Hi cheers i thought they would be ok and diameter is the same so no problem there.

Thanks