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Blowing Up A Cap

Spyderz20x6

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Hi,
I was wondering what kind of battery i need to blow up a 47uf 16v capacitor by hooking it up at reverse polarity. I need this for... safety reasons... ::)
 





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Reverse polarity isn't too good anyway.But a 30V battery should blow it up eighter way, I think :p Btw, General disscution about LASERS. ::)
 
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Spyderz20x6 said:
I need this for... safety reasons... ::)
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So, there some kind of dangerous animal out there, and you need to use a capacitor to blow it up?
 
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A good way to blow up a small cap is discharging a big one into it :D
 
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just send some voltage into it, and reverse the polarity (if it is a 'lytic (electrolytic)), If it is something that isnt polarised, then its abit harder.
 
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Whenever I want to blow up small caps I hook them up to my 3 22,000uf caps. Boom :D
 
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jamilm9 said:
so how do would i charge my 5.5 volt 1 farad cap.
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You apply 5Volts to it in the correct polarity and wait a long time.
 
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[quote author=jamilm9 link=1209849851/0#9 date=1210040807]so how do would i charge my 5.5 volt 1 farad cap.
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You apply 5Volts to it in the correct polarity and wait a long time.[/quote]

It is a good idea to charge it through a resistor so you dont melt anything. Charging time in seconds will be about 5 times the resistance you use. 99 percent is ~5*RC.
 
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