Re: Maxwell Capacitor abuse

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Maxwell Capacitor abuse
From: Bert Hickman <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 08:04:53 -0700
Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
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Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Original Poster: Adam <adamsmith-at-mediaone-dot-net>
> 
> I have purchased some Maxwell Labs capacitors rated 40kV and 45kV, and I'm
> wondering if it is safe to use these with my 12kV NST bank, or if I need to
> series-parallel connect 4 of them for an 80kV+ rating.  Anybody here blown a
> Maxwell?  I haven't read about too many of these failing, but I thought I'd
> ask, just to be on the safe side.
> 
> -Adam
> adamsmith-at-mediaone-dot-net

Adam,

Just saw your last acquisition on Ebay - nice score! 40 -45 kV Maxwells
will easily withstand the voltage from a 12 kV NST Bank. Remember to us
safety gaps across the NST's however.

-- Bert --