Re: Maxwell Capacitor abuse

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• Subject: Re: Maxwell Capacitor abuse
• From: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 12:36:54 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
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Depends on which model numbers you have... Some Maxwell caps are designed
for low rep rate (1/min) pulsed use, others for high rate use.
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From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 6:47 AM
Subject: Maxwell Capacitor abuse


>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
>
>
>

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