walid Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 HiWhy an Electrolytic Capacitor explode when connected in reverse mannar?thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguru Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 HiWhy an Electrolytic Capacitor explode when connected in reverse mannar?thank you Hi Walid,Welcome back. :)An electrolytic capacitor conducts a high DC current when it is connected with backwards polarity. I think the current causes the electrolyte to quickly get hot and boil which makes steam and an explosion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walid Posted February 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Thank you guruI really miss you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Weddle Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 There are non-polarized electrolytic type capacitors, and they are good when you need high capacitance without worrying about polarity. But I don't know if any products use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguru Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Cheap speakers use non-polarized electrolytic capacitors in their passive crossover network to keep the low frequencies out of the tweeters and keep the high frequencies out of the woofer.Inexpensive audio amplifiers use them to couple audio frequencies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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