[MakeLV] Cap going bad?

[Josiah Ritchie]

Oh, nice.  Pretty sure mine doesn't. I'll have to watch for that.
JSR/
On Dec 23, 2011 2:17 PM, "whatever" <whatever at taggers.org> wrote:

>  your meter might have a cap setting, if not one of us at the space might.
>
> On 12/23/2011 1:19 PM, Josiah Ritchie wrote:
>
> Yeah, but I'm not talking about the leads on the bottom. I'm talking about
> the top.
>
> JSR/
> On Dec 23, 2011 1:09 PM, "Will" <staticphantom at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The cap is rated to 200V but will not operate at 200V unless the supply
>> operates at that voltage. It is customary practice to try and get cap
>> rating voltages 10% or higher above the operating voltage for safety and
>> reliability.
>>
>>  -Will
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 1:00 PM, David Smith <
>> david at davincisciencecenter.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Doesn't sound right... Isn't the case supposed to be (-) or ground?
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>  On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Josiah Ritchie <
>>> josiah at josiahritchie.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  I'm messing around with another old pc power supply and found that
>>>> the top of one of the 200v 330mF caps is giving 150v when connected to
>>>> ground. Is this normal? The other caps have no problems.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I discovered this through physical contact with the cap. My wife
>>>> thought a small animal was released in the room by the yelp I made. :-)
>>>>
>>>> JSR/
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