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Poor Man's Pultec Capacitor Calculator

Low Boost/Cut

Switch f f -3dB f +3dB C cut(nF) Cboost (nF) fdip

20 200 100 14.12 338.80 150
30 300 150 9.41 225.87 225
60 600 300 4.71 112.93 450
100 1000 500 2.82 67.76 750
150 1500 750 1.88 45.17 1,125
200 2000 1000 1.41 33.88 1,500

Hi Boost/Cut

Switch f f -3dB f+3dB Ccut (nF) Cboost (nF) f peak

3000 429 214 79.05 15.81 1000
4000 571 286 59.29 11.86 1333
5000 714 357 47.43 9.49 1667
8000 1143 571 29.64 5.93 2667
10000 1429 714 23.72 4.74 3333
16000 2286 1143 14.82 2.96 5333
20000 2857 1429 11.86 2.37 6667
30000 4286 2143 7.91 1.58 10000

L1 and series C values for Q= 0.6

Resonance f C series nF L series H Q=0.6

3000 10.61 0.27

4000 7.96 0.20
5000 6.37 0.16
8000 3.98 0.10
10000 3.18 0.08

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