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Re: Capacitor check (fwd)





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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 08:39:33 +1200
From: Malcolm Watts <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Capacitor check (fwd)

Hi Sulaiman,

> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 14:46:24 MYT
> From: Sulaiman Abdullah <sulabd-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Capacitor check (fwd)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >Hi Sulaiman,
> <snip>
> >             I think you might be headed for grief if you try and 
> >pack your voltage ratings into a single unit.
> <snip>
> 
> >My advice: build four of 4x the required value, match them well and 
> >run them in series. A shunt resistance with appropriate voltage 
> >rating and a value which permits a least as much current as you get 
> >leakage in a single cap to flow should ensure voltages are roughly 
> >equal across each cap. Best of luck.
> >
> >Malcolm
> >
> I agree in theory, the problem is I'd bought the PE ages ago
> before I'd received an education here!
> Given that I'm going to use the already cut PE anyway could you
> give me your advice, thanks. ... Sulaiman

If you are set on doing it as a single unit go for total overkill on 
both clearance around the edges and dielectric thickness. I'd still 
be inclined to build at least two and run them in series.
    BTW, I understand that my CP capacitors *are* built using five or 
six separate sections in series (Jim Heagy). Several people who had 
the unfortunate experience of examining the innards of theirs could 
confirm this. Of course there are several ways of skinning a cat.

Malcolm