[sdiy] Re: cap id question

harry harrybissell at prodigy.net
Sun Jan 28 00:44:14 CET 2001


Capacitor parasitic elements (like inductance, resistance...) are usually small

and low impedance circuits tend to swamp (overcome) them.  In low impedance
circuits (like the welders I design..) that use very high power levels... they
will
re-appear to bite you in the @ss....

H^) harry

Ingo Debus wrote:

> Eric wrote:
> >
> > >>Orange Drops sound really good.
> > >Can somebody tell me why this is so? Do they colour the sound somehow?
> >
> > Yes. Especially in tube equipment, with high voltages and
> > high circuit impedances involved.
>
> Why do capacitor properties matter more when circuit impedances are higher?
>
> Ingo




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