I used to do that in tech class tooOriginally Posted by kb2vxa
I used to do that in tech class too
He should have used one of those new fangled Non-Polarized Electrolytic Capacitors! ;)
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you...ytic_capacitor
http://www.google.com/patents/US4984134
A service mountable non-polar capacitor assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a pair of polar tantalum capacitors disposed in axial alignment the anode rods of the capacitors being mechanically and electrically connected as by welding. An insulating sleeve encompasses the body portions of the capacitors leaving projecting portions extending beyond the ends of the sleeve. The void space within the sleeve between the opposed ends of the capacitors may be filled by a polymeric insulating and rigidifying material.
Inventor: Gerald M. Locke
Original Assignee: AVX Corporation
Current U.S. Classification: 361/529; 29/25.03; 361/540
International Classification: H01G 900
Great for things like audio crossovers and such, but still too expensive to use for everything. Maybe hooking it up correctly would be in order lol.
When I was rebuilding a Harris DX-50 solid state transmitter, which literally has dozens of very large electrolytics, I was paranoid about connecting one of them backward, especially when I rebuilt the backplane, because getting to those caps, replacing them with a different type (the original can style was no longer available and so the new ones had to be retrofitted), cleaning years of dust and grime out along the way and then putting it all back together literally took days to accomplish. This is why I always take my time and check my work carefully, usually three times before certifying something as complete.
When I worked at a major LARGE UPS manufacturer, they made these power supplies the size of a refrigerator. A UPS automatically switches the AC lines to battery power during a power failure. These were many many KVA. One time a girl wired one of the caps backwards, one the size of a COKE can. It worked for awhile as the tech tested it, and then it went off. He was severely sprayed with all this Yeechy liquid inside as was the area around the UPS. The smoke and explosion sounded like a grenade going off. The entire plant floor had to be evacuated as the smell was overpowering. Fans had to be set up to blow the fumes out the door. All because an assembly girl wired it backwards. Lucky the guy didn't have to go to the Hospital. His ears sure were ringing!
Yeah ya know what? I don't believe it was a "girl". Fuck off with your misogynist bullshit about how women can never do a tech job. Seriously, go crawl back into your shitty, slimy, dirty cave and fuck yourself. For real. Not kidding. You're a douchebag. Fuck you and your fuckwitted faux stories. Fuck you and your view of women as only good as sex toys and worthless for anything else. Seriously.
Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you FUCK YOU, you ugly, nasty, fat, totally unfuckable bag of infectious herpes slime.
Last edited by N2CHX; 01-16-2013 at 10:05 AM.
Oh Jeez..........
"One man with courage makes a majority." ~ Andrew Jackson
Steve KA9MOT
Macomb, IL
Yeah, you best just stay out of this.
Why? I have zero respect for Pat, but you just took a giant shit in the middle of my thread. This was s'posed to be entertaining, and you turned it into an enraged personal attack against Pat and for NO REASON. So what? He said it was a girl. Big deal.
You have some serious issues that I hope you're getting help for.
Last edited by KA9MOT; 01-16-2013 at 10:17 AM.
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Steve KA9MOT
Macomb, IL
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