[sdiy] semi ot: electrolytics / bomb ?

[Czech Martin]

Thanx. It seems not to have exploded,
so I can have some condfidence.

It was a bargain thoses days, got them really cheap.

m.c.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Dana Scott
> Sent: Montag, 10. November 2003 14:09
> To: Sdiy (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] semi ot: electrolytics / bomb ?
> 
> 
> I have done the high resistance thing on old 'lytics. It was 
> quite a while ago.
> My guess is that I used whatever was handy, most likely a 5v supply.
> 
> On a related note, if I turn on a piece of electronic 
> equipmet that has not been
> used in many years, I power it up for about 1 second and then 
> wait for 15
> seconds before turning it on and leaving it on.
> -Dana
> 
> >
> > Now I know that the "isolation" could be not that good
> > after so many years. Therefore a "formatting" is recommend
> > via some high resistance.
> >
> > My question: has anybody done this for so old lytics?
> > How many % of the rated voltage did you apply?
> > If the leakage stops, how are the future prospects?
> >
> 
> 
>