[Boatanchors] Capacitors

[Mike McCarthy, W1NR]

I used a couple of them in an old guitar amp and one of them was
probably defective and exploded about an hour after power was applied.

Be careful.

Mike, W1NR

On 06/11/2011 09:00 AM, Carl wrote:
> Be careful of no name Chinese caps, they look identical to what the 
> traveling gypsies bring to hamfests.
>
> I tried a pair of those 500V caps from an outfit in Canada in a TS-830, left 
> the covers off, and left the rig on for a few hours. The caps were 
> uncomfortably warm at 900V total....my guess is they were not even good 
> quality 450V caps.
>
> Carl
> KM1H