Re: Capacitive Ballasting

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <HomerLea-at-aol-dot-com>

Bert
Thanks. You talked me into cancelling the eBay sale of my 4200v 300 ma xfmr. 
What value of cap would be good to use with this for a multiplier? Maybe I 
should make a tripler. Second Q: If you use caps on the hv side as a limiter 
will oil filled ones get too hot?
jim


> Original poster: "Bert Hickman by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <
> bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net>
>  
>  Jim,
>  
>  When used on the LV side, capacitive ballasting may not work nearly as
>  well as inductive ballasting. It also gives you a leading power factor
>  (current leads voltage) which may cause problems elsewhere in your
>  home's power distribution system. 
>  
>  Where capacitive current limiting really seems to pay off is in the HV
>  side in DC coils that use the voltage doubling circuit originated by
>  Marco and discussed by Greg in a recent posting (See the "How to tame a
>  Wild MOT" thread).  
>  
>  Best regards,
>  
>  -- Bert --
>  -- 
>  Bert Hickman