Posted on Saturday, 4th July 2009 by Auw Jimmy

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Still remember the extreme capacitors battle? Well, we need to break-in those capacitors first for a fair judgement. So here it is. I don’t have much time to break-in those capacitors. Around 2-3 hours/night for next 2-3 weeks. I think this should be fine ;)

All those capacitors stacked together:

  • Duelund CAST 1uF/630V
  • VCap 0.47uF/600V
  • Jensen Copper Foil 0.47uF/630V
  • Jensen Copper Foil Paper Tube 0.47uF/630V
  • Mundorf Silver/Gold/Oil 0.47uF/1200V
  • Mundorf Silver/Gold/Oil 1uF/1200V

All soldered together with WBT Silver Solder, connected to my Aikido via Silver Teflon interconnect. I use white cable heat shrink to cover all the leads (and for safety reason). This leads carry half of B+ or around 130VDC. Enough to shock you if touched.

All those capacitors connected together on my Aikido. Well, they have a long way to go before we can let them fight each other ;)



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14 Responses to “Capacitors Break-In Session”

  1. Dino Ary Says:
    July 9th, 2009 at 02:38

    :) ) Salude!



  2. aphinx Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 18:34

    pak JA, kok gak pake metode arus listrik konstan ajah? apakah karena hasilnya “jelek”?



  3. Jimmy Auw Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 18:41

    Hi,
    Saya prefer yang natural aja, dengan berbagai jenis musik. Beberapa musik ada yang jadi andalan saya untuk break-in (ada jampi2-nya hahaha).

    Ini sih preferensi pribadi saya aja. Mungkin saya aja yang terlalu mengada-ada hehehe…

    Thanks.



  4. Stefanus Says:
    July 15th, 2009 at 15:28

    Capsnya dikonek ke outputnya pre amp tuh?
    Regards



  5. Jimmy Auw Says:
    July 15th, 2009 at 16:16

    Iya donk. Namanya juga coupling capacitor.
    Thanks.



  6. ss Says:
    July 20th, 2009 at 13:11

    When can we hear the test result from you? Can’t wait anymore!!



  7. Jimmy Auw Says:
    July 20th, 2009 at 14:32

    Just entering 100 hours break-in time… perhaps few more days…

    Thanks.



  8. Dino Ary Says:
    July 20th, 2009 at 23:46

    Yes Pak JA!!
    Ayo posting dong reviewnya.. hehehehe…



  9. Jimmy Auw Says:
    July 21st, 2009 at 21:25

    Sabar sabar sabar hahaha…
    Be patient hahaha… :)

    Thanks.



  10. Erik HD Says:
    July 23rd, 2009 at 20:59

    Pak Jimmy,

    ulasan capacitor battlenya di add di web Tempo Electric tuh…
    http://www.tempoelectric.com/caps.htm

    jd kecanduan bolak balik blog ini..duh!!!



  11. Jimmy Auw Says:
    July 23rd, 2009 at 21:22

    Saya uda tau koq hihihi… tapi kan ga asik kalo belum nyoba sendiri after break-in.

    Thanks bro.



  12. Jimmy’s Junkyard » Blog Archive » Extra Capacitor Break-In/Burn-In Session with XLO Test Disc Says:
    July 26th, 2009 at 17:27

    [...] remember my capacitors break-in session? After passing a long 150 hours break-in time, today, I add another session with XLO Test Disc, [...]



  13. Frank Says:
    August 10th, 2009 at 21:10

    You are making it really exciting…come on…give us some words on your initial findings…I can’t stand it anylonger…



  14. encaniemo Says:
    October 9th, 2009 at 12:05

    отличный блог! отличные посты



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