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Re: quick question

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OK, so I have found better ones on all of them Rubycon seems to have good specs.

The 220uf 200v .. the one big one on the psu.

I have overall better specs for caps @ 200v vs 250v - Higher life @105 and higher ripple Voltage.

SO when replacing caps.. is it better to have overall better stats at the original Voltage? or get the best with the next higher voltage? in this case 250v?

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Higher voltages are generally preferable but you can run into physical size restraints rather quickly.
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