[Amps] Results from new PSUD... resistor b4 the B+ filter caps !

[Bill, W6WRT]

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On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:29:58 -0500, Roger <sub1 at 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