I have a pair of dead short caps in front of me, from a SB-200 and SB-220.
You are welcome to them for $4.95 Flat Rate box rate sent to my QRZ.com
address.
Carl
KM1H
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill, W6WRT" <dezrat1242@yahoo.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Results from new PSUD... resistor b4 the B+ filter caps
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> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:29:58 -0500, Roger <sub1@rogerhalstead.com>
> wrote:
>
>>>
>>Ohhh...Yahhhh! They are loud too<:-))
>>The first one was in a fairly new Dentron DTR-2000. Actually it was in a
>>lower voltage circuit. It blew the can right off the cap. The *empty*
>>can hit the top of the amp so hard it squashed down. It looked a lot
>>like a 38 wadcutter that had hit something really solid. <:-)) The can
>>started life at roughly 5/8" to 3/4" in diameter and about 1" tall.
>
> REPLY:
>
> I doubt if it was shorted. Most likely it was leaky and that caused it
> to overheat. One that is dead shorted is not likely to overheat at
> all. Ohm's law, ya know. :-)
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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