On Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:10:19 -0000, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

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This supply came with a 2 foot 9W strip light of LEDs. After 1 week it began flickering badly. 240V AC in on the right. The circuit outputs 75V DC on the left, with a 3.5V AC ripple on it (with the 100uF capacitor included, which I verified is ok). With a 680uF capacitor in its place, there is no visible flicker.

What's likely to have broken in this circuit?

What's the chances of it lasting if I run it with the larger capacitor?

Forgot to add, I checked the voltage and current output with the larger capacitor, and it was virtually identical.