RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Charging Capacitors
Posted by
Dave Halliday
on 2006-06-02 14:49:20 UTC
That would be best. Use a full-wave rectifier and a 25 watt lightbulb
between the rectifier and the cap.
Whole process should take a day or so.
Dave
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between the rectifier and the cap.
Whole process should take a day or so.
Dave
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> Or can I run the transformer on 110 (single leg and neutral)?
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> I've got a 120VAC variac but my transformer is 220. Can I connect the
> variac to one of the mains legs and vary the voltage that way?
>
> Larry Olson
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> And don't use a wall-mount light dimmer, this is not a variable
> transformer, it passes the full 110VAC just chopped up.
>
> Wanliker's recomendation of a battery charger is a good one.
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> Dave
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> > A friend of mine rebuilds old amateur radios (tube type) and he says
> > he reforms the capacitors using a variac. He starts the
> voltage very
> > low and slowly brings it to normal over several hours.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
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> > Russ
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> > --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "oldpayphones"
> > <larry@...> wrote:
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> > > I have some used 200VDC 5400UF capacitors from a 1970's
> > Bridgeport that
> > > have been sitting for a couple of years and I was wondering
> > if there is
> > > a correct procedure for charging them initally. I have had
> > stereo PS
> > > caps explode after sitting for some time.
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> > > Thanks,
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2006-06-07 21:19:08 UTC
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2006-06-07 23:04:26 UTC
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2006-06-07 23:10:36 UTC
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2006-06-07 23:44:51 UTC
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2006-06-08 01:21:54 UTC
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2006-06-08 03:02:33 UTC
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2006-06-08 06:04:41 UTC
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