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Crossover upgrade capacitor question

I was thinking of upgrading my capacitors on my outboard crossovers.The boards are large with a 1 ea. of 3,6, and 2 pieces of 8uF value caps.My question is the two 8uf are strapped together and look to solder in to the same trace can I use a 16uf in there place to save money?

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wavetrader
rodman99999
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As long as you are certain the two 8's are paralleled, and you replace them with the same voltage rating in a 16uF: You should experience no problem. The value/replacement will be exact.
wavetrader OP
260 posts
 
Rodman,
Yes the 2 8's are in parallel 200 vdc . That's what I was hoping for.

Thank you
rodman99999
6,206 posts
 
Keep in mind: If you replace the caps, the higher the quality, probably- the longer the burn-in. They may sound absolutely raunchy at first(been there). Polypropylene/polystyrene may take 200hrs and Teflon caps 400+ before they reach their target performance levels.
ptmconsulting
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I would also suggest bypassing the caps in the tweeter circuit, each with a smaller .1uF cap. Don't do this in the mid or woofer sections though, just the tweeter.

Enjoy,
Bob
dgarretson
2,622 posts
 
Hi Bob, I'm curious why you recommend limiting small bypass cap to tweeter.
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