Re: Survivor!

On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 09:45:50 +0000, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
(Liz Tuddenham) wrote:

Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
>

Hi all,
 
Just a quick one. But first, I'd just like to reiterate that I'm
noting your comments on the ripple thread and will deal with them in
due course when i have a couple of hours to spare next Sunday.
Yesterday I had 2 minutes to waste so I blew up another electrolytic
capacitor - or rather I *tried* to. A 10uF 10V cap across the output
of a variac with Vo set to 240VAC. There was a considerable *pop* but
no bang and it turned out the T3.15 Amp fuse in the variac had blown
spectacularly - but the cap had survived unscathed! Tested fine for
capacitance and ESR! I never would have believed it. Just wondering
how the hell it didn't get destroyed...

>
It's only doing it to annoy you.  Make sure it is run well within its
ratings and put it on a board that has to be buried several layers deep
in some complicated equipment and is rivetted in place.   It will fail
in no time at all and probably take several other valuable components
with it.

LOL! Yeah, you got that 100% right I reckon, Liz. I realise I've
probably curtailed the service life of this cap by some considerable
amount, but nevertheless it's still remarkable it wasn't totally
destroyed. Vintage NOS parts for you: none of your Chinese rubbish.
:-)