-
-The
result is remarkable: even in the Negev desert the effective
-aging @
105 ºC is only 104 hours
/ year
-
-For an
electrolytic capacitor that would result in:
-à A
capacitor with 4 000 hours lifetime @ 105 ºC à 136 years
-à A
capacitor with 10 000 hours lifetime @ 105 ºC à 340 years lifetime
-à A
capacitor with 20 000 hours lifetime @ 105 ºC à 680 years lifetime
-
-The same
analysis was executed with hourly data from the
-Netherlands
(2002) resulting in lifetimes of 326, 816 and 1630 years
-respectively.
-
-Conclusion:
-The wear-out time of the electrolytic
capacitor is certainly not a limiting
factor for the inverter lifetime
-Note that
wear-out time is not the same as MTBF