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Best way to break in Black Gates

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Posted on October 30, 2009 at 08:37:15
cabledude
 Can I put Black Gates on my cable cooker?

What would be a good way to thoroughly break in BG FK caps befor einstalling them in my gear? I'd rather do a pre-burn in rather than suffer the 300 hours of play.

Has anyone developed a good, simple test bench circuit for this?

Thank you.

So, do you keep your gear on 24/7?? ..., posted on November 2, 2009 at 23:15:46
andyr
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Location: Melbourne
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 Otherwise, surely, each time you turn it off, the BGs will have to "re-acclimatise"??

Regards,

Andy


RE: Best way to break in Black Gates, posted on October 31, 2009 at 08:29:03
Neff
 For caps used for tube cathode bypass, I use a 12 VAC power supply with a series current limiting resistor of 50 ohms per cap. Say paralleling 10 caps, then use 5 ohm series resistor for all 10 caps.

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