The following is a portion of an email that was in my inbox this morning. I just have to love Mondays.
My question is on the first sentence. Maybe in my old age I am forgetting basics here but aren't electrolytic capacitors always polarised? I know what they want because I remember this test from years ago. I had a little test jig with two large cans (oil filled) and a few 2 watt resistors. Someone tossed the jig in the trash at some point.
Anyway, is it just me or are all caps called electrolytic caps polarised?
Ron
Ron, we need a electrolytic non polarized large time constant capacitor to adjust amplidyne phase offsets.
I had to change the gain on the field drive boards by approx 1.2k ohms to reduce the current phase amplitudes at PI from 100 amps peak. They are closer to 80 to 84 +/- 2 amps peak but need to be adjusted.
The balance from positive to negative is also off on two phases approx 4 amps.
My question is on the first sentence. Maybe in my old age I am forgetting basics here but aren't electrolytic capacitors always polarised? I know what they want because I remember this test from years ago. I had a little test jig with two large cans (oil filled) and a few 2 watt resistors. Someone tossed the jig in the trash at some point.
Anyway, is it just me or are all caps called electrolytic caps polarised?
Ron