Capacitors.

[Hue Miller]

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Subject: Capacitors.


> Hi All,
> While we are on the subject of capacitors out of PC supplies, I
just raided
> my junk box for a cap to repair a friends monitor, I found the
necessary
> 330mfd @ 400 volt I knew I had thrown in there about 6 months +
when I
> junked some old monitors. What is interesting is, prior to
installing it I
> thought I would check its ESR and Capacitance, having been "caught"
some
> years back trying to measure a "live" cap just removed from circuit
and
> destroying my Cap Meter, so I measured the thing first, what a
surprise!
> still had 11.2 volts across it.
> Chris Gill.
> Cairns, Australia.

We're sure that's not some kind of voltage-generating effect from the
electrolyte? Once you measured it, draining it down, after a while,
did
the voltage come back? If it really held this charge 6+ months, I am
amazed.
Hue Miller

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