23 Feb
2009
23 Feb
'09
6:42 a.m.
On Mon, 23 Feb 2009, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
This is the only popped electrolytic I have ever seen,
in damn near 30 years
of fiddling with electronic stuff:
http://www.gjcp.net/~gordonjcp/blowncap.jpg
I do have tons of such caps, mostly from modern PC mainboards, ATX power
supplies and graphics cards. This is *very* common today due to the high
frequency and high current nature of the designs.
Christian
