Monday, March 14, 2016

How to reform old vintage electrolytic capacitors

We act at our own risk.


A good trick that helps protecting ourselves when working with high voltages is to have one hand always in the bottom pocket.


We connect the capacitor to (obviously) less than rated voltage through a 1 Megohm resistor and wait for hours or days.


References and more information:


Antique Wireless Newsletter - Vintage Wireless Company - Tudor Reeds - Mangotsfield


Basic Electronics - US Navy - Dover Publications

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