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What's_nitro? · 04.04.2008, 12:09 AM

I would use 8 of them in parallel. That gives 2640uF capacitance at 25V. I think a 4V+ margin is ok for handling spikes during braking. Plus, having them in parallel allows much lower resistance and so more punch since the current load is spread equally to each cap.

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What's_nitro? Soldermaster Extraordinaire Offline Posts: 4,529 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Plymouth, MA, USA	04.04.2008, 12:09 AM I would use 8 of them in parallel. That gives 2640uF capacitance at 25V. I think a 4V+ margin is ok for handling spikes during braking. Plus, having them in parallel allows much lower resistance and so more punch since the current load is spread equally to each cap.