Purpose of cap on ac line of PC power supply

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Bob Engelhardt

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I am re-purposing a PC power supply and there is a "0.47k" cap across
the incoming AC line. What's that for?
 
On 2019-05-04 17:02, Bob Engelhardt wrote:
I am re-purposing a PC power supply and there is a "0.47k" cap across
the incoming AC line. What's that for?

Interference suppression. Google 'X-capacitor'.
Before you ask, there is also a 'Y-capacitor'.
They're a bit special because they have to conform
to pretty strict safety standards.

Jeroen Belleman
 
On 5/4/2019 11:18 AM, Jeroen Belleman wrote:
On 2019-05-04 17:02, Bob Engelhardt wrote:
I am re-purposing a PC power supply and there is a "0.47k" cap across
the incoming AC line.  What's that for?

Interference suppression. Google 'X-capacitor'.
Before you ask, there is also a 'Y-capacitor'.
They're a bit special because they have to conform
to pretty strict safety standards.

Jeroen Belleman

Thank you.
 
On Sat, 04 May 2019 17:18:42 +0200, Jeroen Belleman wrote:

On 2019-05-04 17:02, Bob Engelhardt wrote:
I am re-purposing a PC power supply and there is a "0.47k" cap across
the incoming AC line. What's that for?

Interference suppression. Google 'X-capacitor'. Before you ask, there is
also a 'Y-capacitor'. They're a bit special because they have to conform
to pretty strict safety standards.

*Part of* interference suppression. Their should be some proper filtering
in there besides.





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On 2019-05-05 18:29, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Sat, 04 May 2019 17:18:42 +0200, Jeroen Belleman wrote:

On 2019-05-04 17:02, Bob Engelhardt wrote:
I am re-purposing a PC power supply and there is a "0.47k" cap across
the incoming AC line. What's that for?

Interference suppression. Google 'X-capacitor'. Before you ask, there is
also a 'Y-capacitor'. They're a bit special because they have to conform
to pretty strict safety standards.

*Part of* interference suppression. Their should be some proper filtering
in there besides.

If you have something truly useful to contribute, do so.
Otherwise you don't matter.

Jeroen Belleman
 
On Sun, 05 May 2019 22:37:25 +0200, Jeroen Belleman wrote:

If you have something truly useful to contribute, do so.
Otherwise you don't matter.

If you have something truly useful to contribute, do so.
Otherwise you don't matter.
 

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