Why doesn't everything use solid aluminium capacitors?

On Sun, 03 May 2020 04:26:05 +0100, rbowman wrote:

On 05/02/2020 02:52 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sat, 02 May 2020 21:34:00 +0100, David_B
wrote:

On 30/04/2020 19:34, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Didn't we all use capacitors as kids to shock people or to cause
explosions by overloading them?

*I* did! :-D

Did you ever misuse a CO2 fire extinguisher? There are two fun things
you can do with those. Freezing people's body parts, and dropping them
off very high buildings causing them to rupture and explode
catastrophically.

****ing wasteful. Everybody knows the best use of a CO2 fire
extinguisher in chilling beer. You're excused from knowing that as you
Brits prefer to lap it up warm and still.

Beer is bitter. I prefer vodka mixed with something that has flavour. More alcohol and more taste.

On Sun, 03 May 2020 11:41:50 +0100, Shadow wrote:

On Sat, 2 May 2020 23:20:19 +0100, David_B
wrote:

You should NEVER drop people's body parts off very high buildings?

Ah, the question mark!

Ah, the absurdly long indent!

So you probably think it's "nicer" to kill them by neglect?

How do you kill a body part?

You have personal experience? Tell us ALL

Ah, the unnecessarily capitalised word!

about it. Maybe not
in this thread. Look at the subject line. Look at the groups this was
cross-posted to.
WTF are you phishing for this time?

I made the crosspost you moron.

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Paul Thu, 30
Apr 2020 07:51:04 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 15:54:04 -0000, Rene Lamontagne
wrote:

On 2020-02-14 4:20 a.m., John Doe wrote:
"Commander Kinsey" wrote:

Motherboards used them over a decade ago, so why do I still
find leaking electrolytics in TVs?
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/...e-launches-sol
idca pacitor-motherboard-line?

Nothing wrong with real electrolytic capacitors. Anything can
be made cheaply.


Yep, Good caps were made by Cornell Dubilier, Used them for many
years.

I remember Sprague Compulytic, not sure how good they were, never
had one fail though. Still got some (twice the size of a fist)
in a drawer.

If the seals are good, why wouldn't they work ?

They might need to be re-formed.

I'll duck down behind this desk, while you give
that a try.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolytic_capacitor

"Applying a positive voltage to a "wet" capacitor causes a
reforming (self-healing) process which repairs all weakened
dielectric layers, and the leakage current remain at a low
level.[73]
"

Another web page I found, has a method.

https://www.6v6.co.uk/vcomp/tech_tips/reform_caps.htm

"Electrolytic capacitors can be dangerous. They can be charged
to a high voltage and will retain that energy for quite a
while. If the terminals of associated circuitry are touched,
a severe shock and burn may result."

I think Captain Obvious wrote that paragraph.

There are plenty of things to know about this
topic, to remain safe. With his wealth of bad
capacitor experiences, I'm sure the Commander
knows what I'm talking about. Personally, I find
the bad experiences are the best teachers.

Paul

Hahaha. I think they might call that child abuse these days. [g]




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