Will it explode???

[Doug Tymofichuk]

Yes it will probably explode or at least get too hot and 
leak corrosive gunk all over. You should NEVER, EVER exceed 
a capacitors voltage rating at any time!!!


On Tue, 9 Mar 1999 16:20:50 -0000 Tony Allgood 
<oakley at techrepairs.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I've got a tube amp with a 485 volt HT supply. It needs a 
> new filter (smoothing) cap of 22uF. I've got 450V rated 
> ones. What do you reckon, safe or not? If not can I get 
> hold of 500V plus capacitor without having to do a two in 
> series plus resistors job? Farnell, CPC and Maplin can not 
> supply such beasties.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Tony Allgood, Cumbria, UK
> 
> Rack mounted moog filter and the TB3030 SuperBassline 
> projects:
> 
> http://aupe.phys.andrews.edu/diy_archive/schematics/oakley/
> 
> 
> 
> 

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Doug Tymofichuk
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