DIYbanter - View Single Post - Any Smart DumbAss in here knows How to Increase the Capacitance of Electrolyte Capacitor?

John Fields

On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:43:19 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Mar 11, 3:34*pm, John Fields wrote:
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:57:49 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Mar 10, 10:59*am, John Fields
wrote:
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 16:57:49 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Since "restoring voltage handling capability" means thickening up the
oxide layer, it probably will decrease the part's capacitance,
bringing it back towards the as-new value. The tolerance on most
electrolytic capacitors is pretty high, so it might be hard to prove.

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You certainly don't seem to be thinking straight since, regardless
of the tolerance, measuring the capacitance before, and then after
reforming would certainly indicate if the process had changed the
capacitance.

Sure it would, but how many people have a capacitor handy that needs
reforming?

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Who cares?

We're talking process, not logistics.

Actually, we are talking about being helpful,

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No, we're not.

We're talking about whether the capacitance of an aluminum
electrolytic capacitor changes when it's being reformed.
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and the best advice
around isn't very helpful if you haven't got a capacitor around that
needs reforming to subject to the "right process".

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Well, you certainly haven't had any trouble slipping back into your
old horse's ass self after overcoming that jet lag, I see.

However, it does seem that your cognitive skills need some work.

Whether someone has such a capacitor or not is immaterial because
we're not talking about that, we're talking about the process.

In truth, the original post was a troll post through or from
aioe.org, asking whether the capacitance of an electrolytic could be
tripled. You took the bait hook, line, and sinker, and replied with
that link about reforming a capacitor which, as you've already
admitted, could only _lower_ the capacitance of a capacitor.

So, if you want to talk about being helpful you might ask yourself
why, if:

"... how many people have a capacitor handy that needs reforming?"

matters, you posted that link?

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JF