21 Apr
2009
21 Apr
'09
9:34 p.m.
On 21 Apr 2009 at 6:53, dwight elvey wrote:
The cap is most likely completely dry inside. It
would
have cooked completely by now. It is possible to reform a
cap backwards but that requires a slow current for
a long time. Of course, the capacitance would be really
small because the case has a small surface area compared
to the positive terminal.
Good thing that the designers at HP didn't work for Earl "Madman"
Muntz. That kind of behavior (unit working even though a component
had failed) would have been a hanging offense.
--Chuck