On Thursday, 21 December 2017 14:25:28 UTC, whisky-dave wrote:
On Thursday, 21 December 2017 11:18:38 UTC, The Other Mike wrote:
On Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:01:46 +0000, Martin Brown
wrote:

The CFL power supply will be stone dead at 105C when the electrolyte in
the PSU capacitors boils.

What temperature rating capacitor would you expect to be fitted and why would it
'boil' at 105 deg C?

There's no evidence they'll boil but the electrolyte will dry out the higher the temperature, the 105 is the maxium working temeprature and at that they are gurenteed to last say 1000 or 2000 hours as a minium, you can get 130C caps if really are running at high temps.

Dave is scientifically thorough, he doesn't just take your word for things, he requires evidence that water boils.


NT