Capacitor replacement Question

nick-caper · Post by **nick-caper** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:45 pm

I need to replace a few capacitors in a car amp, The value is 1500uf and 50v. They are about 1.5 high and .5 thick. Made by Nichicon.
Can I use a higher uf value and voltage value or just a higher uf but keep the voltage at 50. Thanks

gridracer · Post by **gridracer** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:05 pm

You can go higher in the microfarads but stay at same voltage.

marko · Post by **marko** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:51 am

gridracer wrote:You can go higher in the microfarads but stay at same voltage.

i've used 25v ones to replace my 16v ones, as long as you don't use lower you should be ok....

nick-caper · Post by **nick-caper** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:32 pm

Thanks

Post by **stipud** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:00 pm

Higher voltage caps will work, but you will get less capacitance at the lower voltage. I forget the exact formula though...

HoseHead · Post by **HoseHead** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:56 pm

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