Speakerguy
Active Member
Well, I managed to blow a 1kV resistor chain and a 3000V polypropylene cap today. The resistor popped right away, so then we hooked the system up sans the resistor (it was just a current sense that SHOULD have had only a few volts across it) and it ran like a champ for about 20 seconds 'til the capacitor failed. The capacitor failure was unspectacular, but the resistor chain sounded like a string of black cats going off. Everyone in the entire work bay came over to see what was going on.
Can't say what this was for since it's a work thing unfortunately, but that's the way to end a friday afternoon...
Can't say what this was for since it's a work thing unfortunately, but that's the way to end a friday afternoon...