Geoff Emerick de Fake wrote on Wed, 12 January 2011 19:18 |
According to JW in this thread, there are some caps manufacturers who recommend burning-in. The idea of having to burn-in brand new components makes me rage. If they need burn-in, why didn't the manufacturer do it? By not doing it, the manufacturer takes the risk that his products are used incorrectly and as a result, be misrepresented. |
mell wrote on Sat, 15 January 2011 13:01 | ||
burning in 2.000 caps a day? that would be a sight to see!! the primary function block-->DC and pas-->AC is 100% from the start and if you are going to use them why would a manufacturer spend money on buring them in.. i know tubes need some time, but caps sound different when they charged/discharged for couple of hours or even a day after turning my console back on! but porbably got nothing to do with burning in |
Jim Williams wrote on Tue, 18 January 2011 14:55 |
I set up a square wave oscillator with a goodly amount of output current. Then I drive the cap with about 10k hz for 2 days. That cap is loaded by a 100 ohm resistor so it absorbs plenty of current. |
MagnetoSound wrote on Tue, 18 January 2011 07:55 | ||
Jim, To get an idea of how much current, roughly what percentage of rated voltage would you drive into that 100 ohms? Also, are we talking about relatively low value film caps here? A few microfarads or less? Thanks, Dan |