Delinquent electro

Dec 15, 2010 0 Replies
**Hi to all,

just pulled a 470uF, 35V pigtail electro form an old piece of German made audio gear ( Dynacord ).



Behaved initially like it was very leaky, pulling a 16 volt DC rail down to just 2.6 volts.



Tested on a bench supply, with variable current limiting, it behaved exactly like a 2.7 volt zener.



Tested on my trusty Bob parker ESR meter - it read open ( ie more than 100 ohms).



Blasted with 2 amps of DC current - it instantly ceased being a zener and the ESR dropped to around 20 milliohms.



Repeating the above treatments induces event more schizoid behaviours.



This Kraut made cap is plain bonkers .....


.... Phil


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