Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard that it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

Any way, I would appreciate your help.



--
Service to my evil master? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD666 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #666.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Hi,
Of course it can be done. Just apply voltage. The presence of a bias voltage
increases the capacitance of a capacitor due to the presence of the charge,
it produces an effective reduction in plate spacing.

Of course you could try patent 4828738 or 7206192 as well but they look a
little complicated and expensive for your tightarse budget

Regards
Greg

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
...
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard that it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

Any way, I would appreciate your help.



--
Service to my evil master? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD666 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #666.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

On Mar 9, 10:47*am, "Michael*A.*Terrell"
wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? *I have heard that it's
possible. *Some people have done it successfully. *I am just wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

Any way, I would appreciate your help.

--
Service to my evil master? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD666 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #666.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

On Mar 9, 10:47*am, "Michael*A.*Terrell"
wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? *I have heard that it's
possible. *Some people have done it successfully. *I am just wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the forms
the plates of the capacitor.

If you reverse bias the capacitor you can reverse this process, making
the dielectric thinner ( and more likely to break down). Sadly, the
reverse process is unlikely to thin the oxide layer to exactly the
same extent at every point, so you run the risk of lowering the
breakdown voltage faster than you increase the capacitance.

As cheap goes, this about a poor and investment of your time as you
could make - short of slandering me in this user group which however
does seem to give you some kind of demented satisfaction - but do try
it. You won't enjoy the process at all, but does that worry me?

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 04:42:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Mar 9, 10:47*am, "Michael*A.*Terrell"
wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? *I have heard that it's
possible. *Some people have done it successfully. *I am just wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the forms
the plates of the capacitor.

If you reverse bias the capacitor you can reverse this process, making
the dielectric thinner ( and more likely to break down). Sadly, the
reverse process is unlikely to thin the oxide layer to exactly the
same extent at every point, so you run the risk of lowering the
breakdown voltage faster than you increase the capacitance.

As cheap goes, this about a poor and investment of your time as you
could make - short of slandering me in this user group which however
does seem to give you some kind of demented satisfaction - but do try
it. You won't enjoy the process at all, but does that worry me?

Agree. Use a strong power supply (3A or more), use high voltages. And
listen carefully, you can actually hear the capacitance grow.

P.

wrote in message
...
On Mar 9, 10:47 am, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard that it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the forms
the plates of the capacitor.

If you reverse bias the capacitor you can reverse this process, making
the dielectric thinner ( and more likely to break down). Sadly, the
reverse process is unlikely to thin the oxide layer to exactly the
same extent at every point, so you run the risk of lowering the
breakdown voltage faster than you increase the capacitance.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen



Right, I agree with your blabla... except how do you convert existing
capacitors into a higher capacitance without starting from scratch as you
suggested?


--
Service to my evil master? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD666 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #666.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

"Pieter" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 04:42:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Mar 9, 10:47 am, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling
the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard that it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just wondering
if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the forms
the plates of the capacitor.

If you reverse bias the capacitor you can reverse this process, making
the dielectric thinner ( and more likely to break down). Sadly, the
reverse process is unlikely to thin the oxide layer to exactly the
same extent at every point, so you run the risk of lowering the
breakdown voltage faster than you increase the capacitance.

As cheap goes, this about a poor and investment of your time as you
could make - short of slandering me in this user group which however
does seem to give you some kind of demented satisfaction - but do try
it. You won't enjoy the process at all, but does that worry me?

Agree. Use a strong power supply (3A or more), use high voltages. And
listen carefully, you can actually hear the capacitance grow.

P.



Oh Cheese, whatta recommendation!!! No, thanks, I pass. I am not going
to change the power supply just to get higher capacitance....


--
Service to my evil master? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD666 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #666.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 04:42:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Mar 9, 10:47*am, "Michael*A.*Terrell"
wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? *I have heard that it's
possible. *Some people have done it successfully. *I am just wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the forms
the plates of the capacitor.

---
LOL, hook, line, and sinker! :

Message-ID:
NNTP-Posting-Host: woFePpEzK4XFFsUvujWqYQ.user.aioe.org
X-Complaints-To:

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"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message


Right, I agree with your blabla... except how do you convert existing
capacitors into a higher capacitance without starting from scratch as
you suggested?

e-bay

On Mar 9, 2:40*pm, John Fields wrote:
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 04:42:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Mar 9, 10:47*am, "Michael*A.*Terrell"
wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? *I have heard that it's
possible. *Some people have done it successfully. *I am just wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the forms
the plates of the capacitor.

---
LOL, hook, line, and sinker! :

http://www.vcomp.co.uk/tech_tips/ref...eform_caps.htm

If you weren't another uninformed idiot, you'd realise that the
proposition is at least potentionaly rational, even though Michael
Terrell is the source. It would be a daft thing to do, but could work,
after a fashion.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

On Mar 9, 1:46*pm, "Michael*A.*Terrell"
wrote:
wrote in message

...
On Mar 9, 10:47 am, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:

Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard that it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the forms
the plates of the capacitor.

If you reverse bias the capacitor you can reverse this process, making
the dielectric thinner ( and more likely to break down). Sadly, the
reverse process is unlikely to thin the oxide layer to exactly the
same extent at every point, so you run the risk of lowering the
breakdown voltage faster than you increase the capacitance.

Right, I agree with your blabla... except how do you convert existing
capacitors into a higher capacitance without starting from scratch as you
suggested?

Try reading what I wrote. If you reverse bias an existing capacitor -
apply a couple of volts of postive bias to the negative terminal and
ground the positive terminal - you should progressively convert some
of the insulating oxide layer back to aluminium. Measure the current
that is going through the capacitor while you are doing this and keep
it fairly low - as when you "reform" an electrolytic capacitor (which
doing exactly the opposite)

http://www.vcomp.co.uk/tech_tips/ref...eform_caps.htm

- how low depends on the capacitance of the capacitor you are fooling
around with.

A 33k resistor is probably as good as any to start with - if you screw
up the voltage until you've got say 30uA running through the capacitor
then leave it for a few minutes (watching to see whether the current
starts creeping up) then measure the capacitance of the capacitor
again to see if you've made any difference. Keep on extending the time
until you get bored, or do see a difference. If nothing much seems to
be happening, push up the voltage to get more current flowing.

I've never tried this - though I have reformed old electrolytic
capacitors - so I can't guarantee anything.

If you tried Pieter's approach you'd have a good chance of getting the
capacitor to spit out gobs of electrolyte, which creates an unpleasant
mess.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

writes:

On Mar 9, 2:40Â*pm, John Fields wrote:
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 04:42:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Mar 9, 10:47Â*am, "MichaelÂ*A.Â*Terrell"
wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? Â*I have heard that it's
possible. Â*Some people have done it successfully. Â*I am just wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the forms
the plates of the capacitor.

---
LOL, hook, line, and sinker! :

http://www.vcomp.co.uk/tech_tips/ref...eform_caps.htm

If you weren't another uninformed idiot, you'd realise that the
proposition is at least potentionaly rational, even though Michael
Terrell is the source. It would be a daft thing to do, but could work,
after a fashion.

Have you not been paying attention to what is happening here recently?

Michael Terrell was *not* the source!

--

John Devereux

On 3ÔÂ9ÈÕ, ÏÂÎç5ʱ47·Ö, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard that it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

Any way, I would appreciate your help.

--
Service to my evil master? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD666 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #666.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

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On 3ÔÂ9ÈÕ, ÏÂÎç7ʱ29·Ö, "gcd"
wrote:
Hi,
Of course it can be done. Just apply voltage. The presence of a bias voltage
increases the capacitance of a capacitor due to the presence of the charge,
it produces an effective reduction in plate spacing.

Of course you could try patent 4828738 or 7206192 as well but they look a
little complicated and expensive for your tightarse budget

Regards
Greg

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in ...



Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard that it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

Any way, I would appreciate your help.

--
Service to my evil master? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD666 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #666.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida- Òþ²Ø±»ÒýÓÃÎÄ×Ö -

- ÏÔʾÒýÓõÄÎÄ×Ö -

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On 3ÔÂ9ÈÕ, ÏÂÎç8ʱ46·Ö, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:
wrote in message

...
On Mar 9, 10:47 am, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:

Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard that it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the forms
the plates of the capacitor.

If you reverse bias the capacitor you can reverse this process, making
the dielectric thinner ( and more likely to break down). Sadly, the
reverse process is unlikely to thin the oxide layer to exactly the
same extent at every point, so you run the risk of lowering the
breakdown voltage faster than you increase the capacitance.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

Right, I agree with your blabla... except how do you convert existing
capacitors into a higher capacitance without starting from scratch as you
suggested?

--
Service to my evil master? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD666 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #666.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Do you want access to China's massive pool of electronic
manufacturers... but lack the time to contact suppliers, negotiate
contracts, arrange shipping or monitor product quality? Don't worry -
Let seriouswholesale deal with all that for you.

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products, and easy secure payment by credit card through Paypal.

Selling on eBay or your own online store? Send products direct from
our warehouse to your customers using our unique drop-shipping
service. You can profit by selling hundreds of different products,
without holding any of your own inventory! Any questions you have will
be answered by the seriouswholesale English-speaking customer support
team... Their aim is to make your China electronics importing business
easier to run than ever before.

Welcome to http://www.seriouswholesale.com.

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On Mar 9, 3:28*pm, John Devereux wrote:
writes:
On Mar 9, 2:40*pm, John Fields wrote:
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 04:42:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Mar 9, 10:47*am, "Michael*A.*Terrell"
wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? *I have heard that it's
possible. *Some people have done it successfully. *I am just wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the forms
the plates of the capacitor.

---
LOL, hook, line, and sinker! :

http://www.vcomp.co.uk/tech_tips/ref...eform_caps.htm

If you weren't another uninformed idiot, you'd realise that the
proposition is at least potentionaly rational, even though Michael
Terrell is the source. It would be a daft thing to do, but could work,
after a fashion.

Have you not been paying attention to what is happening here recently?

Michael Terrell was *not* the source!

Ouch. I had noticed that someone was producing posts that purported to
come from him, but they were fairly obviously false. I should have
paid more attention to the signature.

I plead jet-lag. I got off the plane from Australia on Tuesday, so
I've been thinking that I ought to be okay by now, but I'm obviously
not thinking straight yet.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

wrote in message
...
On Mar 9, 10:47 am, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard that it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the forms
the plates of the capacitor.

If you reverse bias the capacitor you can reverse this process, making
the dielectric thinner ( and more likely to break down). Sadly, the
reverse process is unlikely to thin the oxide layer to exactly the
same extent at every point, so you run the risk of lowering the
breakdown voltage faster than you increase the capacitance.

As cheap goes, this about a poor and investment of your time as you
could make - short of slandering me in this user group which however
does seem to give you some kind of demented satisfaction - but do try
it. You won't enjoy the process at all, but does that worry me?

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

If the capacitor is large enough the vent is restrained and the supplied
current is adequate you get a nice mushroom cloud.

Bob

On 3/9/08 4:32 AM, in article
,
" wrote:

On Mar 9, 10:47*am, "Michael*A.*Terrell"
wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? *I have heard that it's
possible. *Some people have done it successfully. *I am just wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

Any way, I would appreciate your help.

--
Service to my evil master? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD666 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #666.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida


No, he didn't produce that fake.

On 3/9/08 7:14 AM, in article
,
" wrote:

On Mar 9, 2:40*pm, John Fields wrote:
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 04:42:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Mar 9, 10:47*am, "Michael*A.*Terrell"
wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? *I have heard that it's
possible. *Some people have done it successfully. *I am just wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the forms
the plates of the capacitor.

---
LOL, hook, line, and sinker! :

http://www.vcomp.co.uk/tech_tips/ref...eform_caps.htm

If you weren't another uninformed idiot, you'd realise that the
proposition is at least potentionaly rational, even though Michael
Terrell is the source. It would be a daft thing to do, but could work,
after a fashion.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

Bill, you're an idiot. Mike Terrell didn't post that.

On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 08:39:58 -0700 (PDT), wrote:


LOL, hook, line, and sinker! :

http://www.vcomp.co.uk/tech_tips/ref...eform_caps.htm

If you weren't another uninformed idiot, you'd realise that the
proposition is at least potentionaly rational, even though Michael
Terrell is the source. It would be a daft thing to do, but could work,
after a fashion.

Have you not been paying attention to what is happening here recently?

Michael Terrell was *not* the source!

Ouch. I had noticed that someone was producing posts that purported to
come from him, but they were fairly obviously false. I should have
paid more attention to the signature.

I plead jet-lag. I got off the plane from Australia on Tuesday, so
I've been thinking that I ought to be okay by now, but I'm obviously
not thinking straight yet.

Never mind.

I believe the reforming process is intended to restore voltage
handling capability of the part. It won't alter the part's
capacitance.

The process is also covered by the old MIL-HDBK-1131.

RL

wrote in message
...
On Mar 9, 1:46 pm, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:
wrote in message

...
On Mar 9, 10:47 am, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:

Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling
the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard that it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just wondering
if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the forms
the plates of the capacitor.

If you reverse bias the capacitor you can reverse this process, making
the dielectric thinner ( and more likely to break down). Sadly, the

I've never tried this - though I have reformed old electrolytic
capacitors - so I can't guarantee anything.



Exactly as I thought, you're a typical American Hero who likes to help
others the wrong way, like the rest.


--
Service to my evil master? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD666 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #666.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

wrote in message
...
On 3ÔÂ9ÈÕ, ÏÂÎç8ʱ46·Ö, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:
wrote in message

...
On Mar 9, 10:47 am, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:

Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling
the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard that it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just wondering
if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the forms
the plates of the capacitor.

If you reverse bias the capacitor you can reverse this process, making
the dielectric thinner ( and more likely to break down). Sadly, the
reverse process is unlikely to thin the oxide layer to exactly the
same extent at every point, so you run the risk of lowering the
breakdown voltage faster than you increase the capacitance.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

Right, I agree with your blabla... except how do you convert existing
capacitors into a higher capacitance without starting from scratch as
you
suggested?

--
Service to my evil master? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD666
to
prove it.
Member of DAV #666.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Do you want access to China's massive pool of electronic
manufacturers... but lack the time to contact suppliers, negotiate
contracts, arrange shipping or monitor product quality? Don't worry -
Let seriouswholesale deal with all that for you.

*Check out the huge range of Gadgets, MP3 / MP4 Players, C



No thanks, most of them are scam.


--
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prove it.
Member of DAV #666.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

"John Devereux" wrote in message
...
writes:

On Mar 9, 2:40 pm, John Fields wrote:
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 04:42:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Mar 9, 10:47 am, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by
tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard that
it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just
wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the forms
the plates of the capacitor.

---
LOL, hook, line, and sinker! :

http://www.vcomp.co.uk/tech_tips/ref...eform_caps.htm

If you weren't another uninformed idiot, you'd realise that the
proposition is at least potentionaly rational, even though Michael
Terrell is the source. It would be a daft thing to do, but could work,
after a fashion.

Have you not been paying attention to what is happening here recently?

Michael Terrell was *not* the source!

--

John Devereux



So what John Devour? I'm trying to get help don't you understand Dummy?


--
Service to my evil master? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD666 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #666.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

"Don Bowey" wrote in message
...
On 3/9/08 7:14 AM, in article
,
" wrote:

On Mar 9, 2:40 pm, John Fields wrote:
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 04:42:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Mar 9, 10:47 am, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling
the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard that
it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just wondering
if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the forms
the plates of the capacitor.

---
LOL, hook, line, and sinker! :

http://www.vcomp.co.uk/tech_tips/ref...eform_caps.htm

If you weren't another uninformed idiot, you'd realise that the
proposition is at least potentionaly rational, even though Michael
Terrell is the source. It would be a daft thing to do, but could work,
after a fashion.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

Bill, you're an idiot. Mike Terrell didn't post that.


So what Bill Board? I'm trying to get your brain to exercise and to share
your intelligence if you had one. Evidently none of you seemed to have
the brain, the brain you have is a Bla-bla brain. I don't believe you
guys suggested -ebay, -China, -Reverse polarity, -Decrease Current to 3A
from 800A... What a whole bunch of Retards. No wonder why you went to
War like me serving the Evil master.


--
Service to my evil master? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD666 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #666.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

"sycochkn" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
...
On Mar 9, 10:47 am, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling
the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard that it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the forms
the plates of the capacitor.

If you reverse bias the capacitor you can reverse this process, making
the dielectric thinner ( and more likely to break down). Sadly, the
reverse process is unlikely to thin the oxide layer to exactly the
same extent at every point, so you run the risk of lowering the
breakdown voltage faster than you increase the capacitance.

As cheap goes, this about a poor and investment of your time as you
could make - short of slandering me in this user group which however
does seem to give you some kind of demented satisfaction - but do try
it. You won't enjoy the process at all, but does that worry me?

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

If the capacitor is large enough the vent is restrained and the supplied
current is adequate you get a nice mushroom cloud.

Bob



No Bob, you actually join the top rank of American idiots, I posted my
question to test your brain(s). The correct answer is: Yes you can
change, double or even triple the capacitance without paying High Price.
It's all done, soon enough you'll see new products coming out, so slim
(0.5" in height with 20A power capability.). Take care DumbAss.


--
Service to my evil master? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD666 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #666.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

wrote in message
...
On 3ÔÂ9ÈÕ, ÏÂÎç5ʱ47·Ö, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard that it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just wondering
if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

Any way, I would appreciate your help.

--
Service to my evil master? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD666
to
prove it.
Member of DAV #666.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Do you want access to China's massive Scam of electronic
manufacturers... but lack the time to contact suppliers, negotiate
contracts, arrange shipping or monitor product quality? Don't worry -
Let seriouswholesale deal with all that for you.

Welcome to http://www.seriouswholesale.com.

No thanks idiot. You join the top rank of American idiots, I posted my
question to test your brain(s). The correct answer is: Yes you can
change, double or even triple the capacitance without paying High Price.
It's all done, soon enough you'll see new products coming out, so slim
(0.5" in height with 20A power capability.). Take care DumbAss.


--
Service to my evil master? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD666 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #666.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Stop your **** Chinese. I don't want to waste my times with your
****/scam.

You actually join the top rank of American idiots, I posted my question to
test your brain(s). The correct answer is: Yes you can change, double or
even triple the capacitance without paying High Price. It's all done,
soon enough you'll see new products coming out, so slim (0.5" in height
with 20A power capability.). Take care DumbAss.


--
Service to my evil master? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD666 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #666.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Don Bowey wrote:

On 3/9/08 7:14 AM, in article
,
" wrote:


On Mar 9, 2:40 pm, John Fields wrote:

On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 04:42:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Mar 9, 10:47 am, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:

Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard that it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the forms
the plates of the capacitor.

---
LOL, hook, line, and sinker! :

http://www.vcomp.co.uk/tech_tips/ref...eform_caps.htm

If you weren't another uninformed idiot, you'd realise that the
proposition is at least potentionaly rational, even though Michael
Terrell is the source. It would be a daft thing to do, but could work,
after a fashion.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen


Bill, you're an idiot. Mike Terrell didn't post that.

and what makes you so sure?


--
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy"

"Daily Thought:

SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES. NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT
THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS.
http://webpages.charter.net/jamie_5"

On 3/9/08 1:24 PM, in article , "Michael*A.*Terrell"
wrote:


"Don Bowey" wrote in message
...
On 3/9/08 7:14 AM, in article
,
" wrote:

On Mar 9, 2:40 pm, John Fields wrote:
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 04:42:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Mar 9, 10:47 am, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling
the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard that
it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just wondering
if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the forms
the plates of the capacitor.

---
LOL, hook, line, and sinker! :

http://www.vcomp.co.uk/tech_tips/ref...eform_caps.htm

If you weren't another uninformed idiot, you'd realise that the
proposition is at least potentionaly rational, even though Michael
Terrell is the source. It would be a daft thing to do, but could work,
after a fashion.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

Bill, you're an idiot. Mike Terrell didn't post that.


So what Bill Board? I'm trying to get your brain to exercise and to share
your intelligence if you had one. Evidently none of you seemed to have
the brain, the brain you have is a Bla-bla brain. I don't believe you
guys suggested -ebay, -China, -Reverse polarity, -Decrease Current to 3A
from 800A... What a whole bunch of Retards. No wonder why you went to
War like me serving the Evil master.


Does the Evil Master force you to be a cowardly POS, or are you just
naturally a CPOS?

"Don Bowey" wrote in message
...
On 3/9/08 1:24 PM, in article , "Michael A.
Terrell"
wrote:


"Don Bowey" wrote in message
...
On 3/9/08 7:14 AM, in article
,
" wrote:

On Mar 9, 2:40 pm, John Fields wrote:
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 04:42:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Mar 9, 10:47 am, "Michael A. Terrell"

wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by
tripling
the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard that
it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just
wondering
if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd
know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the
forms
the plates of the capacitor.

---
LOL, hook, line, and sinker! :

http://www.vcomp.co.uk/tech_tips/ref...eform_caps.htm

If you weren't another uninformed idiot, you'd realise that the
proposition is at least potentionaly rational, even though Michael
Terrell is the source. It would be a daft thing to do, but could
work,
after a fashion.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

Bill, you're an idiot. Mike Terrell didn't post that.


So what Bill Board? I'm trying to get your brain to exercise and to
share
your intelligence if you had one. Evidently none of you seemed to have
the brain, the brain you have is a Bla-bla brain. I don't believe you
guys suggested -ebay, -China, -Reverse polarity, -Decrease Current to
3A
from 800A... What a whole bunch of Retards. No wonder why you went to
War like me serving the Evil master.


Does the Evil Master force you to be a cowardly POS, or are you just
naturally a CPOS?




I DON"T WORK FOR YOUR EVIL MASTER DUMMY. WHY ASK SUCH A DUMB QUESTION
DUMBASS?

STOP YOUR ****... AND USE YOUR BRIAN TO TRACE THE ROOT CAUSE DUMMY, OK?

--
Service to my evil master? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD666 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #666.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

On 3/9/08 2:14 PM, in article , "Michael*A.*Terrell"
wrote:


"Don Bowey" wrote in message
...
On 3/9/08 1:24 PM, in article , "Michael A.
Terrell"
wrote:


"Don Bowey" wrote in message
...
On 3/9/08 7:14 AM, in article
,
" wrote:

On Mar 9, 2:40 pm, John Fields wrote:
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 04:42:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Mar 9, 10:47 am, "Michael A. Terrell"

wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by
tripling
the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard that
it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just
wondering
if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd
know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the
forms
the plates of the capacitor.

---
LOL, hook, line, and sinker! :

http://www.vcomp.co.uk/tech_tips/ref...eform_caps.htm

If you weren't another uninformed idiot, you'd realise that the
proposition is at least potentionaly rational, even though Michael
Terrell is the source. It would be a daft thing to do, but could
work,
after a fashion.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

Bill, you're an idiot. Mike Terrell didn't post that.


So what Bill Board? I'm trying to get your brain to exercise and to
share
your intelligence if you had one. Evidently none of you seemed to have
the brain, the brain you have is a Bla-bla brain. I don't believe you
guys suggested -ebay, -China, -Reverse polarity, -Decrease Current to
3A
from 800A... What a whole bunch of Retards. No wonder why you went to
War like me serving the Evil master.


Does the Evil Master force you to be a cowardly POS, or are you just
naturally a CPOS?




I DON"T WORK FOR YOUR EVIL MASTER DUMMY. WHY ASK SUCH A DUMB QUESTION
DUMBASS?

STOP YOUR ****... AND USE YOUR BRIAN TO TRACE THE ROOT CAUSE DUMMY, OK?

OK, I get it. You are naturally a cowardly piece of ****. It suits you.

"Don Bowey" wrote in message
...
On 3/9/08 2:14 PM, in article , "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


"Don Bowey" wrote in message
...
On 3/9/08 1:24 PM, in article , "Michael A.
Terrell"
wrote:


"Don Bowey" wrote in message
...
On 3/9/08 7:14 AM, in article
,
" wrote:

On Mar 9, 2:40 pm, John Fields
wrote:
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 04:42:53 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:
On Mar 9, 10:47 am, "Michael A. Terrell"

wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by
tripling
the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard
that
it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just
wondering
if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd
know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the
forms
the plates of the capacitor.

---
LOL, hook, line, and sinker! :

http://www.vcomp.co.uk/tech_tips/ref...eform_caps.htm

If you weren't another uninformed idiot, you'd realise that the
proposition is at least potentionaly rational, even though Michael
Terrell is the source. It would be a daft thing to do, but could
work,
after a fashion.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

Bill, you're an idiot. Mike Terrell didn't post that.


So what Bill Board? I'm trying to get your brain to exercise and to
share
your intelligence if you had one. Evidently none of you seemed to
have
the brain, the brain you have is a Bla-bla brain. I don't believe
you
guys suggested -ebay, -China, -Reverse polarity, -Decrease Current to
3A
from 800A... What a whole bunch of Retards. No wonder why you went
to
War like me serving the Evil master.


Does the Evil Master force you to be a cowardly POS, or are you just
naturally a CPOS?




I DON"T WORK FOR YOUR EVIL MASTER DUMMY. WHY ASK SUCH A DUMB QUESTION
DUMBASS?

STOP YOUR ****... AND USE YOUR BRIAN TO TRACE THE ROOT CAUSE DUMMY, OK?

OK, I get it. You are naturally a cowardly piece of ****. It suits
you.



Yup.. You got that right Dumbass. Oh I feel good to see you down and
suffer at the pumps... Cause you followed my evil master with me didn't
you? Bye Incredible Cock sucker.. Have a bad one.




--
Service to my evil master? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD666 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #666.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

"Don Bowey" wrote in message
...
On 3/9/08 4:32 AM, in article
,
" wrote:

On Mar 9, 10:47 am, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling
the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard that it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just wondering
if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

Any way, I would appreciate your help.

--
Service to my evil master? Been there, Done that, and I've got my
DD666 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #666.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida


No, he didn't produce that fake.


Heehee.. You goofed Big time Dummy . How does it feel eating **** at the
pumps? and at the grocery stores?? Don't you know that's the product you
dumbass' made for yourself Asshole? I bet the only brain you dummies have
is to mislead people.


--
Service to my evil master? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD666 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #666.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 07:14:31 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Mar 9, 2:40*pm, John Fields wrote:
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 04:42:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Mar 9, 10:47*am, "Michael*A.*Terrell"
wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? *I have heard that it's
possible. *Some people have done it successfully. *I am just wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the forms
the plates of the capacitor.

---
LOL, hook, line, and sinker! :

http://www.vcomp.co.uk/tech_tips/ref...eform_caps.htm

If you weren't another uninformed idiot, you'd realise that the
proposition is at least potentionaly rational, even though Michael
Terrell is the source. It would be a daft thing to do, but could work,
after a fashion.

---
As you now realize, Michael _wasn't the source, and I disagree with
your proposition that it would be potentially rational.

The reason? Simple.

With a power supply connected opposite to the polarity indicated on
the capacitor, the anode oxide would be reduced but, at the same
time, the cathode would be oxidized leaving the total thickness of
the dielectric about the same, consequently keeping the capacitance
about the same.

I'm running a series of experiments to determine if that's the case,
and I'll post the results when I'm done.

--
JF

On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 12:35:02 -0800, "Michael?A.?Terrell"
wrote:

Stop your **** Chinese. I don't want to waste my times with your
****/scam.

You actually join the top rank of American idiots, I posted my question to
test your brain(s). The correct answer is: Yes you can change, double or
even triple the capacitance without paying High Price. It's all done,
soon enough you'll see new products coming out, so slim (0.5" in height
with 20A power capability.). Take care DumbAss.

---
So, in order to broadcast your SPAM**** you decided to lie about who
you really are?

We, in the civilized world, generally frown on that.

YMMV.

--
JF

On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:47:16 -0500, Jamie
t wrote:

Don Bowey wrote:

On 3/9/08 7:14 AM, in article
,
" wrote:


On Mar 9, 2:40 pm, John Fields wrote:

On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 04:42:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Mar 9, 10:47 am, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:

Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard that it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the forms
the plates of the capacitor.

---
LOL, hook, line, and sinker! :

http://www.vcomp.co.uk/tech_tips/ref...eform_caps.htm

If you weren't another uninformed idiot, you'd realise that the
proposition is at least potentionaly rational, even though Michael
Terrell is the source. It would be a daft thing to do, but could work,
after a fashion.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen


Bill, you're an idiot. Mike Terrell didn't post that.

and what makes you so sure?

---
Style and ISP.

--
JF

On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 13:14:34 -0800, "Michael*A.*Terrell"
wrote:


"Don Bowey" wrote in message
...
On 3/9/08 1:24 PM, in article , "Michael A.
Terrell"
wrote:


"Don Bowey" wrote in message
...
On 3/9/08 7:14 AM, in article
,
" wrote:

On Mar 9, 2:40 pm, John Fields wrote:
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 04:42:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Mar 9, 10:47 am, "Michael A. Terrell"

wrote:
Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by
tripling
the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? I have heard that
it's
possible. Some people have done it successfully. I am just
wondering
if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd
know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the
forms
the plates of the capacitor.

---
LOL, hook, line, and sinker! :

http://www.vcomp.co.uk/tech_tips/ref...eform_caps.htm

If you weren't another uninformed idiot, you'd realise that the
proposition is at least potentionaly rational, even though Michael
Terrell is the source. It would be a daft thing to do, but could
work,
after a fashion.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

Bill, you're an idiot. Mike Terrell didn't post that.


So what Bill Board? I'm trying to get your brain to exercise and to
share
your intelligence if you had one. Evidently none of you seemed to have
the brain, the brain you have is a Bla-bla brain. I don't believe you
guys suggested -ebay, -China, -Reverse polarity, -Decrease Current to
3A
from 800A... What a whole bunch of Retards. No wonder why you went to
War like me serving the Evil master.


Does the Evil Master force you to be a cowardly POS, or are you just
naturally a CPOS?




I DON"T WORK FOR YOUR EVIL MASTER DUMMY. WHY ASK SUCH A DUMB QUESTION
DUMBASS?

STOP YOUR ****... AND USE YOUR BRIAN TO TRACE THE ROOT CAUSE DUMMY, OK?

---
Your "Brian"???

The root cause is, you forging cocksucker, that you've been
brianwashed (yeah, it's not a trypo ) into believing that
pretending to be someone you're not is OK.

It isn't.

If you have to hijack someone else's good name in order to spread
your hate then, obviously, you consider yourself inferior.

And, being inferior, why should anyone consider your drivel to be
important?

--
JF

On Mar 9, 9:47*pm, Jamie
t wrote:
Don Bowey wrote:
On 3/9/08 7:14 AM, in article
,
" wrote:

On Mar 9, 2:40 pm, John Fields wrote:

On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 04:42:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Mar 9, 10:47 am, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:

Hello folks,

I am getting cheap these days, I am trying to cut corner by tripling the
capacitance in the capacitor, is this possible? *I have heard that it's
possible. *Some people have done it successfully. *I am just wondering if
any of you smart dumbass can help.

If you weren't quite the ill-informed idiot that you are, you'd know
that the dielectric in an electrolytic capacitor is formed by the
electrolytic oxidation of the surface of the aluminium foil the forms
the plates of the capacitor.

---
LOL, hook, line, and sinker! :

http://www.vcomp.co.uk/tech_tips/ref...eform_caps.htm

If you weren't another uninformed idiot, you'd realise that the
proposition is at least potentionaly rational, even though Michael
Terrell is the source. It would be a daft thing to do, but could work,
after a fashion.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

Bill, you're an idiot. *Mike Terrell didn't post that.

and what makes you so sure?

The signature is suggestive. The original Mike Terrell might have
developed a bizarre sense of humour, but fraud does seem much more
probable.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

On Mar 9, 5:51*pm, legg wrote:
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 08:39:58 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
LOL, hook, line, and sinker! :

http://www.vcomp.co.uk/tech_tips/ref...eform_caps.htm

If you weren't another uninformed idiot, you'd realise that the
proposition is at least potentionaly rational, even though Michael
Terrell is the source. It would be a daft thing to do, but could work,
after a fashion.

Have you not been paying attention to what is happening here recently?

Michael Terrell was *not* the source!

Ouch. I had noticed that someone was producing posts that purported to
come from him, but they were fairly obviously false. I should have
paid more attention to the signature.

I plead jet-lag. I got off the plane from Australia on Tuesday, so
I've been thinking that I ought to be okay by now, but I'm obviously
not thinking straight yet.

Never mind.

I believe the reforming process is intended to restore voltage
handling capability of the part. It won't alter the part's
capacitance.

The process is also covered by the old MIL-HDBK-1131.

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.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

"Michael?A.?Terrell" wrote:

Another forgery.

--
My sig file can beat up your sig file!