Original poster: FIFTYGUY@xxxxxxx
In a message dated 4/28/07 10:12:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
>When I was at Hughes out "capacitor guys" - we
>built our own for radar pulse forming networks - had a standard test
>in which they applied a 60 Hz voltage well above the capacitor
>voltage rating and listened for any signs of "radio noise" indicating
>corona and discarded or repaired any capacitors which exhibited
>it. The resulting product have excellent life.
Ed,
Seems like a useful and effective technique. How did those guys
"listen"? Stethoscope? Audio amplifiers? Radio receiver? Waveforms
in a test circuit?
-Phil LaBudde