On Sun, 28 Dec 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.
Neither is mine. When learning about switch mode (boost) supplies, I got it wrong, and my circuit made near 1000 volts instead of 200. (The MOSFET only had a Vds of 500 volts, too, but I must have had a good one). Since I had my multimeter hooked up and it immediately went off scale high on the 1000 volt DC setting, I quickly yanked the supply. The capacitor didn't actually explode, but it certainly smelled bad and was bulging quite a bit. IIRC, it was rated 450V. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user