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Re: ECT PCB warning

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:14 pm
by multi_s
ural wrote:
multi_s wrote:if you are INCREASING the capacitance why bother taking out the old one. 2 caps in parallel give value C1 + C2. Just solder the legs of the new one onto the old one while it is still in place. you dont have to touch the board at all :)


yes - this could be solution.
what capacity I'll get if plug one 1mF in parallel with another 0.5 mF? 1.5 mF?


exactly.

it literally works out to:

total capacitance = capacitance of old + capacitance of new