Hey,
I was wondering if anyone knew a little about the capacitor lifepspan's that are shown on manufacturer's datasheets.
I have been looking at quite a few datasheets lately and the lifespans are generally listed to be around 1000 to 3000 hours. There are about 8500 hours in a year.
So many electronics run for so much longer than this (for example, my 5 year old computer which has run 24 hours a day from when I bought it). So what am I missing here? Is that number rated at a high temperature or something?
Thanks
I was wondering if anyone knew a little about the capacitor lifepspan's that are shown on manufacturer's datasheets.
I have been looking at quite a few datasheets lately and the lifespans are generally listed to be around 1000 to 3000 hours. There are about 8500 hours in a year.
So many electronics run for so much longer than this (for example, my 5 year old computer which has run 24 hours a day from when I bought it). So what am I missing here? Is that number rated at a high temperature or something?
Thanks