RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Charging Capacitors

How do you look at leakage current?

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From: wanliker@... [mailto:wanliker@...]
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 10:15 AM
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Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Charging Capacitors


In a message dated 6/2/2006 11:08:45 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
n4ft@... writes:

he reforms the capacitors using a variac. He starts the voltage very
low and slowly brings it to normal over several hours.



The variac will put out a variable AC voltage, so you have to run its
output
thru a Rectifier before the voltage is applied to a capacitor.

You can start reforming it with a battery charger, observe polarity.
Then
apply power supply voltage via about a 1K resistor, for short periods.
The
lower power supply voltages would be best, main thing it to take the
voltage up
slowly over a period of hours, in as small steps as possible with the
equipment you have available. I have an old Heathkit DC HV supply, so
I just hook it
up and bring it up a few volts at a time over a day or two. In that
case,
I can also watch the leakage current. I set it below the place where
it
starts to climb rapidly
bill


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