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Capacitor burns up!

By MattWesterville

1 year ago


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“What caused cap to heat quickly?”

  • Missing Part / bad config 0 votes
  • Possible bad component 1 vote
    17%
  • Capacitor overvoltage 5 votes
    83%
  • Lack of load beyond VR 0 votes

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#4 1 year ago
 
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You have your capacitor drawn upside down. Positive is the --- straight bar. Did you connect negative of the capacitor to the + of the bridge rectifier, just as you drawn it?

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#6 1 year ago
 
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Anode on a capacitor? Electrolytic capacitors have positive and negative plates. Diodes have an anode and cathode.

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