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Originally Posted by timmy
This set has 2 250 volt 160 uf caps wired in series so that means it only gets 160 uf but if parallel then it would be 320 uf somehow it don’t make much sense to do this it’s like having and extra cap for really no purpose if it’s only 160 uf why not just have the one cap.
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Are you referring to C1 & C2? I can't see the schematics very clearly cause the ones given are so low res, but if so, they make up a voltage doubler circuit, and are thus critical to get the correct bias voltage.
In such situations, it never hurts to go slightly over like 180uf or so.