Re: Cap Identification

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• Subject: Re: Cap Identification
• From: "Dr. Resonance" <Dr.Resonance-at-next-wave-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 19:17:22 -0600
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to: Malcolm

The company is Film Capacitors, Inc., formerly of Passiac, NJ.  There was a
large fire in this town 9 years ago that burned down 4 city blocks --
including their company.  They did not rebuild and are out of business.

The KM stands for Kraft paper / Mylar construction.  The dissapation factor
at Tesla frequencies is horrible.  They will only work as their intended
application -- DC filter caps.

Regards,

Dr.Resonance


-----Original Message-----
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Thursday, June 10, 1999 4:04 PM
Subject: Cap Identification


>Original Poster: "Malcolm Watts" <malcolm.watts-at-wnp.ac.nz>
>
>Hi all,
>        Would someone help me please? I would like some data on a
>capacitor with the following legends stamped on the case.
>
>The case: blue plastic, axial leads, translucent end filler.
>
>The legends exactly as they are stamped on the case:
>
>          F-C-I
>        KM9-125-2
>   .002MFD- 12.5KVDC
>
>        11M/81
>
>The capacitance and working voltage is obvious. The last legend
>implies a date of manufacture. These caps were wired in a series
>string with a 1k composition resistor between each and a 200 MOhm
>thin or thick film resistor bridging each. I know it was intended for
>some kind of use in a 120kV supply which used a bundle of flyback
>transformers. I also have two strings of the same type of cap rated
>at 0.015uF at 15kVDC.
>
>What kind of capacitor have I got?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Malcolm
>
>

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