On Jan 6, 2006, at 11:21 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:
My experience is that high voltage plus capacitors yields green
smoke.
Then you're either using the wrong capacitors or the right
capacitors, depending on the desired result. ;)
We were young. They were the right capacitors :-)
120VAC into a 25v electrolytic. Poof! Out goes the magic smoke.
I have a hazy memory involving a large DC power supply and a box of
electrolytics...and vodka. That was quite the geeky party.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire "You'll have to be a lot more specific than
'that
Cape Coral, FL girl last night.'" -Ted McFadden
