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Offline grifftechTopic starter

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reverse polarity cap
« on: January 09, 2018, 10:50:04 pm »
so I applied about 15 volts reverse polarity to a 16 volt cap, it has not bulged, but it has lost about half of its capacity, can it be saved?
 

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Re: reverse polarity cap
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2018, 11:00:52 pm »
so I applied about 15 volts reverse polarity to a 16 volt cap, it has not bulged, but it has lost about half of its capacity, can it be saved?

Most likely not. You cannot rely on it anyway. Just replace it
« Last Edit: January 09, 2018, 11:03:00 pm by ogden »
 


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