On 2/7/2015 3:47 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
So, I'm about to bring up an old 11/10, and step
a) is going to be getting the
power supply up. So this means probably reconditioning some old electrolytics.
So my question is 'should I _always_ recondition old caps
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Yes.
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or is there some way to tell if they are still
OK'?
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The process of reconditioning them tells
you if they're still ok or not.
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E.g. if they check out OK on an ohmmeter (no dead
shorts), and also on a ESR
meter, does that mean they are good to go?
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No.*
Or should I just always recondition them?
*Always.
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I ask because this power supply (H750) seems to be a
switching supply, and so
I can't use the simple VARIAC hack
*That's correct, but even if you could,
the Variac method isn't very good, even
with linears.*
*- J.*