Posted on Saturday, 4th July 2009 by Jimmy Auw

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

Tags: Aikido, Break-In, Duelund, jensen, mundorf, VCap
Posted in Collectible Stuff, DIY Audio | Comments (14)

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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