It is switching power supply, but unregulated.
All capacitors are inductive (even piece of straight wire is inductive), some less some more. Electrolytic caps are in "much more" category. ESI (Equivalent Series Inductance) can be calculated.
Capacitor becomes self-resonant at the frequency at which capacitive and inductive reactances are even - usually <100kHz (very low) for electrolytic caps. At this Self Resonant Frequency reactances are exactly in opposite phases canceling each other and capacitor is pure ESR resistance. Above resonance capacitor is more of an inductor then capacitor.
Amplitude of charging spikes is limited by ESR of capacitor, transformer losses and resistance in series (fuse, cable etc). Lowering ESR of capacitor might increase amplitude of charging spikes beyond maximum current of the rectifier or max ripple current of capacitor. These things have to calculated (and not just tried), otherwise it is "garage operation".
All capacitors are inductive (even piece of straight wire is inductive), some less some more. Electrolytic caps are in "much more" category. ESI (Equivalent Series Inductance) can be calculated.
Capacitor becomes self-resonant at the frequency at which capacitive and inductive reactances are even - usually <100kHz (very low) for electrolytic caps. At this Self Resonant Frequency reactances are exactly in opposite phases canceling each other and capacitor is pure ESR resistance. Above resonance capacitor is more of an inductor then capacitor.
Amplitude of charging spikes is limited by ESR of capacitor, transformer losses and resistance in series (fuse, cable etc). Lowering ESR of capacitor might increase amplitude of charging spikes beyond maximum current of the rectifier or max ripple current of capacitor. These things have to calculated (and not just tried), otherwise it is "garage operation".