In Reply to: RE: Cap break-in question. posted by genungo on April 1, 2014 at 13:46:51:
I have a sencore LC102 capacitor analyzer and I have measured ESR and dissipation,charge and discharge but paper in oil and teflon caps love higher DC voltage across their dielectrics to assist with breakin but there is no specific time to equate with breakin as it depends on several parameters.
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- RE: Cap break-in question. - Michael Samra 14:07:07 04/01/14 (18)
- RE: Cap break-in question. - andyr 00:23:24 04/02/14 (17)
- RE: Cap break-in question. - genungo 00:58:44 04/02/14 (16)
- "I am decidedly undecided" ... - andyr 01:34:46 04/02/14 (15)
- RE: "...listen to the result !" - genungo 06:35:08 04/02/14 (14)
- "almost all of my gear is bought as used or "previously owned" gear"... - andyr 12:41:18 04/02/14 (9)
- RE: Gear so New - genungo 14:59:19 04/02/14 (8)
- "A description of what it is that 'cap break-in' might sound like." ... - andyr 15:56:31 04/02/14 (7)
- Not that I'm doubting your assertions... - genungo 17:45:46 04/02/14 (2)
- RE: Not that I'm doubting your assertions... - andyr 18:31:11 04/02/14 (1)
- Thanks, bro... - genungo 20:29:46 04/02/14 (0)
- How does one know, as an engineer producing the product, that they'll all "break-in" with the same - tinear 16:31:53 04/02/14 (3)
- RE: How does one know, as an engineer producing the product, that they'll all "break-in" with the same - andyr 16:38:20 04/02/14 (2)
- How about this: you're eating a stew, but it's one of those incredible French ones with - tinear 17:49:35 04/02/14 (1)
- "I just don't think human senses are as fine as we like to think."??? ... - andyr 20:17:48 04/02/14 (0)
- RE: "...listen to the result !" - -æ- 07:12:50 04/02/14 (3)
- Thanks for the warning! Now ... - genungo 17:27:41 04/02/14 (2)
- RE: Thanks for the warning! Now ... - -æ- 21:22:32 04/02/14 (1)
- RE: "...from the shrill to the calm and the vague to the precise... over and over again." - genungo 05:50:23 04/03/14 (0)