On Sunday 28 December 2008, der Mouse wrote: >> [Electrolytics] can explode pretty violently, so let me tell you a >> story. [...785V on a 450V cap...serious dent in plaster...] > >My exploding cap story is not quite so impressive, but I know I >certainly found it convincing. I put together a circuit - can't even >remember what it was, now - on one of those solderless breadboards. >Turned it on and it seemed to be working, but then I heard this hissing >noise. I was just starting to try to locate it when the cap let go. >Fortunately it was a small one (perhaps half a millicoulomb rating); >all it did was make a bang and a small cloud, which settled in moments >to cover everything within about a 6" radius with a thin film of >something oily-feeling.
Ethylene Glycol, very very pure antifreeze. >On reflection, I realized I'd been running it >at something like twice its rated voltage. That will generally do it every time. :) >Ever since I've been substantially more careful to think about voltage >ratings when selecting electrolytics. > >/~\ The ASCII Mouse >\ / Ribbon Campaign > X Against HTML mo...@rodents-montreal.org >/ \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B > > >_______________________________________________ >geda-user mailing list >geda-user@moria.seul.org >http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The cart has no place where a fifth wheel could be used. -- Herbert von Fritzlar _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user