Recent content by Moltiplier

Those are some interesting scope images. 100 mV is quite a bit a ripple. A short or excessive leakage current probably describes this best. A short would cause a voltage drop in excess of the design ripple voltage since the capacitor has effectively become a resistor. Also, I don't think a...

@Beanerman I take back what I said about checking for shorts. After looking at the closer at the MOSFETs used in the power circuit and remembering other people commenting on shorting, I realized something very important. The MOSFETs are depletion mode meaning they will always short to ground...

Hi all, I've been watching this thread for some time, and it's been an interesting discussion to watch. For people’s curiosity, I wanted to share some of the info about the NEC/Tokin Proadlizer capacitors that I’ve found looking into the issue. These are just an assortment of literature and...