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Default Replacing Large Electrolytics

On 9/2/18 3:15 AM, whit3rd wrote:
It doesn't take 24 hours, though: with a current-limited supply, just
give 'em 150% of the rated voltage and warm 'em with a hair
dryer for a few minutes, while watching the leakage current.
You can see it drop from milliamps to microamps.


That's not how manufacturing does it.
Their installed and at the end of assembly line, full power is applied.
They either work or they don't.



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