Thanks Jay ! On Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 01:02:59 AM EDT, Jay Hennigan via Jukebox-list <jukebox-list@lists.netlojix.com> wrote: On 10/20/23 21:48, Jim McClave via Jukebox-list wrote:
Can a non-polarized cap be replaced with a polarized cap? In reference to the 1500 mfd 35wvdc NP caps in the Sebburg SHP 3 amp.
No, and the failure mode can be rather spectacular. Electrolytics really don't like reverse voltage. However, you can make a non-polarized capacitor by connecting two capacitors, each double the capacitance of the original, in series back-to-back. So, take two 3000 MFD 35V capacitors (closest standard value is 3300) connect their + terminals to each other and nothing else. Connect the - leads to the two points of the original NP capacitor. -- Jay Hennigan - jay@west.net Network Engineering - CCIE #7880 503 897-8550 - WB6RDV _______________________________________________ Jukebox-list mailing list -- jukebox-list@lists.netlojix.com To unsubscribe send an email to jukebox-list-leave@lists.netlojix.com %(web_page_url)slistinfo%(cgiext)s/%(_internal_name)s Searchable Archives: http://jukebox.markmail.org/