A capacitor is an electrical component that stores an electric charge and is used in filter circuits, since AC signals pass through while DC signals are blocked. Televisions use a large number of ...

HDE's Cap Check line of capacitor testers is designed to identify internal problems with a capacitor or capacitor bank and have proven to be a valuable asset in maintaining both pole-mounted and ...

A slow ceiling fan can make summers unbearable, but replacing it may not be necessary. From cleaning dusty blades to checking ...

Our recent discussion about checking capacitors for equivalent series resistance continues with tips from two engineers with plenty of field experience. The first is from engineer Ed Treese. Ed writes ...

Ever wonder what goes on inside of an electrolytic capacitor? Nick Visic from AiSHi Capacitors shows how these popular capacitors work in this tear-down video from DesignCon. The screw terminal ...

Most recent board I've seen it on was a Gigabyte 8IEX. i845E chipset P4 board. One cap in the corner was gone. It may well have just been a fluke though.

Our fundamental passive and inherently analog components—resistors, capacitors, and inductors—are so conceptually simple and easy to describe that we often don’t fully articulate or appreciate the ...

HD Electric Co.'s Cap Check line of capacitor testers are designed to identify internal problems with a capacitor or capacitor bank and have proven to be a valuable asset in maintaining both ...