In Reply to: RE: Metallized caps require significant break-in time... posted by Eli Duttman on March 27, 2017 at 14:27:21:
No, I don't limit current. I thought that was the point of breaking a capacitor in via this method. The rapid cycles heat the capacitor slightly. Why should being placed across 120V AC mains be harmful to a 600V capacitor -- unless it's very large?
Leslie amps use 0.1uF 600V capacitors for arc suppression in the 120VAC motor switching, and orange drops last for decades in that application.
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- RE: Metallized caps require significant break-in time... - Thermionic27609 15:51:32 03/27/17 (4)
- RE: Metallized caps require significant break-in time... - Steve O 17:26:26 03/27/17 (3)
- RE: Metallized caps require significant break-in time... - Michael Samra 17:49:25 03/27/17 (2)
- RE: Metallized caps require significant break-in time... - Thermionic27609 18:30:43 03/27/17 (1)
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