reforming capacitor tutorial/walkthrough

---snip--- Hi I still think it is worth doing. The problem I've seen is that the capacitor had been powered up too fast some time in the past and had broken the burst seal. It most likely hadn't failed at the time, just outgassed some. Later, no amount of reforming would have saved it. Although, like you, I don't always reform, it still has some value. I'd suspect there should be some type of current limit per volume of capacitor that one should follow. I've just made guesses but I'd guess someone should determine a rule of thumb. For a typical large filter caps, I use a limit of about 10 ma. This seems to work well. There is nothing that can be done for dry tantalums. They can't be reformed. Dwight Dwight _________________________________________________________________ Boo!?Scare away worms, viruses and so much more! Try Windows Live OneCare! http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/purchase/trial.aspx?s_cid=wl_hotmail…