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Are capacitor vents safe to touch?
I couldn't find this information anywhere.
Every tutorial on how to safely handle a capacitor tells you to absolutely avoid touching the capacitors leads, and to grab a capacitor by its insulated ...
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Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor with small dent still usable?
I have three 10000µF 75V Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors. The aluminum can has a very shallow dent. Would you think this is still safe to use them? I have three of them, and they are expensive
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Mechanically damaged capacitor leaked liquid - is it toxic?
I have mechanically damaged a capacitor on an old motherboard and it made a PFFFT sound like some gas went out of it and then some liquid leaked. What is that? Is it toxic? I hope that it was not ...
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Do soldering glasses protect eyes from capacitor explosion
I am concerned about safety while working with electrolytic capacitors.
Can I use soldering safety glasses to protect my eyes while working with electrolytic capacitors?
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I just blew a capacitor. Now what?
We worked two years on and off on this project at my friend's place. Finally we finish, I take it home. There's a power supply unit but it can't be connected directly to mains, it expects some lower ...
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Safely discharging large value capacitor without blowing it up
This is related to my previous question. I have this circuit in which I discharge the capacitor by turning ON M2. The ON resistance of the MOSFET I have in mind (the picture shows the wrong MOSFET in ...
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