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15000µF Capacitor in heating element vents and smokes

2012-06-04 152 Dailymotion

This Capacitor had a terminal broken off.

I made up a simple heating coil and connected it to a 16 volts transformer ex old UPS supply.

It surprised me that the capacitor vented for nearly 10 minutes.

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