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The post I was responding to defined efficiency as Idc/Irms. As far as I can tell, if Idc is held constant (which is an accurate way to model a regulated linear supply) then there is only one question: Does Irms go up with capacitor value or not? I contend that it does. If I am wrong, I would very much like to be corrected.
If I am right, then efficiency, as defined by the post I was replying to, goes DOWN with larger capacitor values.
If efficiency is defined as Pout/Pin, which makes logical sense, then the results may be somewhat different, but that is not what I am talking about.
--Mac