8 Oct
2007
8 Oct
'07
11:29 p.m.
Quoting Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org>:
On Monday 08 October 2007 19:07, J Blaser wrote:
That's fair, but my method does not include the use of a variac.
I pull the caps and slowly (10ma max current) bring them up
to their rated DC voltage. I let them 'cook' for a while (overnight
usually), until I see the leakage current drop and stabilize.
Then I put them back in the PS, and check it out as a
sub-system. Only then do I think about powering
up the whole system. That's my method, anyway.
- Jared
You guys may very well be right on that, but
still, I'll probably go
through the motions anyway. It's just what I normally do.
Just keep in mind that (I think) the supplies in the /750 are switching
power supplies, so it'd be a BAD idea to try to run the power supply
under the rated voltage using a variac.