Fundamental Friday<br />Dave explains why some designs have electrolytic capacitors connected in parallel. The answer is more in-depth than you might think.<br />9 reasons are given and explained, and then some thermal camera fun on the bench.<br />Rubycon capacitor datasheet: http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1910904.pdf<br />LM2678 Simpleswitcher datasheet:<br />http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/lm2678.pdf<br />NOTE: Video #741 has been skipped for a reason.<br />Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-742-why-electrolytic-capacitors-are-connected-in-parallel/<br /><br />EEVblog Main Web Site: http://www.eevblog.com<br />The 2nd EEVblog Channel: http://www.youtube.com/EEVblog2<br /><br />Support the EEVblog through Patreon!<br />http://www.patreon.com/eevblog<br /><br />EEVblog Amazon Store (Dave gets a cut):<br />http://astore.amazon.com/eevblogstore-20<br />Donations:<br />http://www.eevblog.com/donations/<br />Projects:<br />http://www.eevblog.com/projects/<br />Electronics Info Wiki:<br />http://www.eevblog.com/wiki/