Re: Unusual Capacitor takes life

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• Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 07:48:29 -0500
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Subject:   Re: Unusual Capacitor takes life
  Date:    Thu, 12 Jun 1997 17:33:25 -0700 (PDT)
  From:   "Edward V. Phillips" <ed-at-alumni.caltech.edu>
    To:    tesla-at-pupman-dot-com


"The capacitor actually weighs in at 43#, ugh. Capacitance is 18nF
with a D=0.010 Q=100 at 1000Hz using an HP LRC meter. I don't know
what 'D' is, but I don't think it is the loss factor?"
        D (usually d) is the dissipation factor of a capacitor.
It is R/Xc, which is the reciprocal of the Q.
Ed

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