Timeline for Using modern electrolytic capacitor's can as a conductor?
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| May 15, 2016 at 3:11 | comment | added | Jasen Слава Україні | these are a new type of electrolytic capacitor en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer_capacitor | |
| May 15, 2016 at 0:20 | comment | added | Sam | IF the capacitor actually has a connection to it's case, I can't see a few mA causing any major problems (seeing as those polymer caps are rated in AMPS of ripple current anyway). But if you've got a few spare caps, try it, see what happens, see if you can measure any low resistance between one of the terminals and the case with a multimeter. | |
| May 14, 2016 at 23:28 | comment | added | Jasen Слава Україні | @transistor axial leaded capacitors usually have the case as one of the terminals | |
| May 14, 2016 at 19:46 | answer | added | Bruce Abbott | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 14, 2016 at 18:30 | history | edited | user1488660 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 14, 2016 at 18:19 | comment | added | user1488660 | The old aluminium ones were. I'm not sure on the new Japanese style ones. If there not I might still consider connecting the case to Gnd mechanically, over other options. So either way, the question is still valid. | |
| May 14, 2016 at 18:13 | answer | added | Sean Houlihane | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 14, 2016 at 17:41 | comment | added | Transistor | (1) Are you sure the case is grounded? I've never seen them grounded at the PCB pin and I suspect that if they are grounded it might be a weak connection for noise reduction. (2) The can is aluminium and will have a layer of oxide. This will make it difficult to contact properly and impossible to solder to. | |
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| May 14, 2016 at 17:13 | history | asked | user1488660 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |