15-03-2015, 12:49 AM
It is not just Rifa capacitors that detonate in this way.
I have got two WIMA X-2 capacitors of similar construction to the Rifa type and although they are NOS they have still quietly split while laying in a drawer.
Here is a couple photos dated rather dubiously 9/11/2012.
I Have done some more photos to show how much worse they have got since 2012.
An NOS Rifa in the same drawer is just as bad.
My conclusion is that they count down to detonation from there date of manufacture with or without power applied and could do with an explode if used after date shown on them.
I have got two WIMA X-2 capacitors of similar construction to the Rifa type and although they are NOS they have still quietly split while laying in a drawer.
Here is a couple photos dated rather dubiously 9/11/2012.
I Have done some more photos to show how much worse they have got since 2012.
An NOS Rifa in the same drawer is just as bad.
My conclusion is that they count down to detonation from there date of manufacture with or without power applied and could do with an explode if used after date shown on them.
