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pine
06-11-2009, 08:27 AM
Is it bad to have the cans of your power supply filter caps touch one another? I added some in parallel to my existing caps to change the value, and due to space considerations, they are lying on top of the original caps. I haven't noticed anything out of sorts but I would like to run it by you guys before I finalize things. Thanks in advance.

Charlie

TweeDLX
06-11-2009, 10:18 AM
Hi Charlie,
I've seen pictures of power supplies where the filter caps were stacked in little pyramids in top of each other. You should be OK. Might be a good idea to glop some high temp silicone between them to prevent vibration (unless you're actually using cap cans).

Mike

SatelliteAmps
06-11-2009, 03:14 PM
It's fine.

HipKitty
06-11-2009, 03:16 PM
It's ok.