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BrianG · 05.01.2007, 12:19 PM

Yes, adding caps will help supply a little extra current boost when the ESC pulls heavy current in bursts, but the capacitance value of those don't really provide much help there. They are there to help absorb the back-emf pulses, since they are really A/C pulses. So, they are used as storage to a small degree, but more like A/C filtering. Maybe GriffinRU can provide a little more insight since he seems to have more experience with ESC design.

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	05.01.2007, 12:19 PM Yes, adding caps will help supply a little extra current boost when the ESC pulls heavy current in bursts, but the capacitance value of those don't really provide much help there. They are there to help absorb the back-emf pulses, since they are really A/C pulses. So, they are used as storage to a small degree, but more like A/C filtering. Maybe GriffinRU can provide a little more insight since he seems to have more experience with ESC design.