The capacitor plague was a problem related to a higher-than-expected failure rate of non-solid aluminium electrolytic capacitors between 1999 and 2007...

up plague or plagues in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Plague or The Plague may refer to: Plague (disease), (commonly referred to as bubonic plague or...

An electrolytic capacitor is a polarized capacitor whose anode or positive plate is made of a metal that forms an insulating oxide layer through anodization...

In electrical engineering, a capacitor is a device that stores electrical energy by accumulating electric charges on two closely spaced surfaces that...

capacitors, motor capacitors, DC-link capacitors, suppression capacitors, audio crossover capacitors, lighting ballast capacitors, snubber capacitors...

Aluminum electrolytic capacitors are (usually) polarized electrolytic capacitors whose anode electrode (+) is made of a pure aluminum foil with an etched...

aging capacitors on PC motherboards. Ultimately this was shown to be the result of a faulty electrolyte formulation, an issue termed capacitor plague. Modern...

ABIT's motherboards produced between 1999 and 2005, were victims of the capacitor plague. Gonzo; Fisher, Ken "Cæsar". "Abit BP6 Dual Socket-370 Motherboard"...

previously. The ESR of capacitors larger than about 1 μF is easily measured in-circuit with an ESR meter. Capacitor plague Polymer capacitor Dissipation factor...

Power supplies with capacitors that have reached the end of their life or suffer from manufacturing defects such as the capacitor plague will fail eventually...

increasing pressure inside the capacitor housing and sometimes causing an explosion; an example is the capacitor plague.[citation needed] Tantalum versions...

them.[citation needed] This issue was not related to the Taiwanese capacitor plague. In 2010 Dell settled a civil lawsuit concerning its shipment of at...

inside the eMac's case. Certain models of eMac also suffered from capacitor plague, that caused video distortion or the computer to lock up. Apple responded...

from frequent failures due to faulty capacitors supplied by Nichicon as part of the capacitor plague. These capacitors would bulge and leak, resulting in...

examinations. Originally implemented in January 2013, AS5553A was expanded. Capacitor plague Counterfeit consumer goods Supply-chain security "Defense Industrial...

generation Slingboxes were susceptible to the capacitor plague. While many enthusiasts replaced these capacitors on their own, Sling later addressed these...

different loads and eliminating the excessive inrush currents to load capacitors. The connection to loads is normally controlled through electromagnetic...

An enraged Megatron rips Bumblebee's arms off and crushes his voice capacitor, promising to seize the AllSpark for himself eventually. Bumblebee recovers...

submodules, each containing its own storage capacitor. The IGBTs in each submodule either bypass the capacitor or connect it into the circuit, allowing the...

include bolts, nuts, and rivets. Electronic parts include resistors, capacitors, and integrated circuits. Materials include composite chemicals, steel...

barrier via quantum tunnelling. The structure is similar to a ferroelectric capacitor, but the ferroelectric layer is fabricated thin enough to enable significant...

damage caused by leaking electrolytic capacitors in the system. All of these models will have leaking capacitors on the motherboard, so it is important...

starter replacement. If used in luminaires equipped with compensation capacitors, LED tubes often generate a lot of reactive power. Most LED tubes based...

Directed-Energy and Radiation) used the Shiva Star project (a high energy capacitor bank which provided the means to test weapons and other devices requiring...

Leyden jar invented by Ewald Georg von Kleist was the first electrical capacitor 1751: Jacques de Vaucanson perfects the first precision lathe 1752: Lightning...

method uses a double wound transformer and a capacitor. With no arc current, the transformer and capacitor resonate at line frequency and generate about...

energy integrating detectors; photons are measured as a voltage on a capacitor which is proportional to the X-rays detected. However, this technique...

and governments from May 2003 to July 2005 that suffered from faulty capacitors. A battery recall in August 2006, as a result of a Dell laptop catching...

dealer. The update did not address continuing problems with light-touch capacitor switches (on cars so equipped) that control many functions. Several updates...

are often used which have sharper selectivity compared to networks of capacitor-inductor tuned circuits. Tuning: To select a particular station the radio...