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abhishekkumar1902
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Use of big electrolytic capacitors in a DC/AC mains inverter
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June 20, 2017, 12:27:46 pm »
I was browsing some low freq transformer based DC/AC mains inverter circuits (like 12v DC to 220v AC) online and found a couple of designs having these big chunky electrolytic capacitors.
This may sound a foolish questions but any idea exactly on which rails they use these big caps and why is it needed when the inverter is already using a DC source to drive your inverter?
I am sure they're not used in any low pass filter circuit as the value of cap is pretty big is what I saw.
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June 20, 2017, 04:18:21 pm »
It is low impedance power source
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How does it helps?
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An inverter draws pulses of current from its supply; the capacitors supply those pulses, minimizing the effect of any stray inductance in the supply wiring.
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