Dents in my MMC?

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Original poster: jimmy hynes <chunkyboy86-at-yahoo-dot-com> 


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Hello everyone,

I have discovered some weird dents in my MMC. They are all in the middle, 
and seem to go all the
way around the capacitors. Here's a picture of what I am talking about:

www.hot-streamer-dot-com/chunkyboy86/temp/mmc.jpg

In their life, I have pushed them past their voltage rating, but not far 
enough for them all to
break down (3900v). The RMS current may have been above their rating for up 
to a minute, but I
have never measured it, so I don't know for sure. The peak current has 
always been way below the
max rating.

Does anyone know what caused these? Is it a sign that I am pushing these 
too hard, or is it just
something that happens?






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Jimmy