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Default Bad cap topologies

"Meat Plow" wrote in message
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On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:21:16 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
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So the caps should be moved to a cooler location?


Yes, you hang them from really long leads so there's
plenty of air circulating around them. broad grin


Could add TO-18 style heat sinks to them!


Might not that make things worse? Is the source of the heat the capacitor's
internal resistance? Or is it ambient?