9 Jun
2009
9 Jun
'09
5:48 p.m.
On Jun 9, 2009, at 1:21 PM, Shoppa, Tim wrote:
Soakage is always fun. Take a big electrolytic, short
it out and
remove the short, let it sit for a while on the bench, then put a
hi-impedance voltmeter on it. It will not read 0V.
I've run into this! Except one doesn't need a high-impedance
meter for it...I've seen them somehow recover enough charge to
produce a spark when re-shorted. It's very odd.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL