The capacitor plague was a problem related to a higher-than-expected failure rate of non-solid aluminium electrolytic capacitors between 1999 and 2007...
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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...
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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...
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In electrical engineering, a capacitor is a device that stores electrical energy by accumulating electric charges on two closely spaced surfaces that...
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capacitors, motor capacitors, DC-link capacitors, suppression capacitors, audio crossover capacitors, lighting ballast capacitors, snubber capacitors...
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Aluminum electrolytic capacitors are (usually) polarized electrolytic capacitors whose anode electrode (+) is made of a pure aluminum foil with an etched...
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aging capacitors on PC motherboards. Ultimately this was shown to be the result of a faulty electrolyte formulation, an issue termed capacitor plague. Modern...
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ABIT's motherboards produced between 1999 and 2005, were victims of the capacitor plague. Gonzo; Fisher, Ken "Cæsar". "Abit BP6 Dual Socket-370 Motherboard"...
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Equivalent series resistance (category Capacitors)
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...
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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...
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Failure of electronic components (section Capacitors)
increasing pressure inside the capacitor housing and sometimes causing an explosion; an example is the capacitor plague.[citation needed] Tantalum versions...
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Nichicon (category Capacitor manufacturers)
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...
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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...
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Dell OptiPlex (section Capacitor issues)
from frequent failures due to faulty capacitors supplied by Nichicon as part of the capacitor plague. These capacitors would bulge and leak, resulting in...
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examinations. Originally implemented in January 2013, AS5553A was expanded. Capacitor plague Counterfeit consumer goods Supply-chain security "Defense Industrial...
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generation Slingboxes were susceptible to the capacitor plague. While many enthusiasts replaced these capacitors on their own, Sling later addressed these...
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different loads and eliminating the excessive inrush currents to load capacitors. The connection to loads is normally controlled through electromagnetic...
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An enraged Megatron rips Bumblebee's arms off and crushes his voice capacitor, promising to seize the AllSpark for himself eventually. Bumblebee recovers...
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submodules, each containing its own storage capacitor. The IGBTs in each submodule either bypass the capacitor or connect it into the circuit, allowing the...
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include bolts, nuts, and rivets. Electronic parts include resistors, capacitors, and integrated circuits. Materials include composite chemicals, steel...
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barrier via quantum tunnelling. The structure is similar to a ferroelectric capacitor, but the ferroelectric layer is fabricated thin enough to enable significant...
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damage caused by leaking electrolytic capacitors in the system. All of these models will have leaking capacitors on the motherboard, so it is important...
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starter replacement. If used in luminaires equipped with compensation capacitors, LED tubes often generate a lot of reactive power. Most LED tubes based...
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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...
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Leyden jar invented by Ewald Georg von Kleist was the first electrical capacitor 1751: Jacques de Vaucanson perfects the first precision lathe 1752: Lightning...
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method uses a double wound transformer and a capacitor. With no arc current, the transformer and capacitor resonate at line frequency and generate about...
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energy integrating detectors; photons are measured as a voltage on a capacitor which is proportional to the X-rays detected. However, this technique...
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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...
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dealer. The update did not address continuing problems with light-touch capacitor switches (on cars so equipped) that control many functions. Several updates...
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are often used which have sharper selectivity compared to networks of capacitor-inductor tuned circuits. Tuning: To select a particular station the radio...
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