I thought I had a great idea... but...

[pinkjimiphoton]

hey paul,
is there a way to delay the turn on so the caps don't get slammed?

maybe use a jfet as a switch, or something?

dino...my brother... thanks dude. sounds great!!

[Seljer]

hey paul,
is there a way to delay the turn on so the caps don't get slammed?

maybe use a jfet as a switch, or something?

dino...my brother... thanks dude. sounds great!!

There are multitude of soft-start circuits in little circuit books and all over the net which typically involve hooking up a power resistor in series with the main supply rail + a little RC delay circuit (or sometimes a thermistor) with a transistor that turns on a relay that shorts out the series resistor once conditions have stabilited.

[pinkjimiphoton]

thanks simon.
in a case like this, do you think that would be a good idea, or overkill?