Non-destructive breakdown voltage tester
posted Jun 23rd 2008 8:45am by Will O'Brienfiled under: classic hacks, misc hacks

This applies more to older vacuum technology than your average solid state hardware, but [Richard] put together an interesting project. It’s designed to test a component for its breakdown voltage without destroying it. The general idea of the ‘BVT’ is to increase the voltage applied to a device until some current leakage is detected. Of course, any device that includes notes on probable arc length in relation to kilovolts is awesome by definition.





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Posted at 1:11 pm on Jun 23rd, 2008 by miked