Re: Power Factor Capacitor

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• Subject: Re: Power Factor Capacitor
• From: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>
• Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 12:21:52 -0700
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At 09:04 AM 02/27/2000 -0500, you wrote:

>Hi all,
> I went out to my favorite electronic parts/junk shop to gather a few things
>last night. I picked up two Mallory electrolitics for PFC thinking they
>would work fine, and now I read all these posts saying they won't work. Each
>cap is rated 15uf, 440VAC, 60cycle. They are about 6 inches tall and 2-3
>inches oval. The case is galvanized steel. I paid $1 each, so no great loss
>if I can't use them, but with these ratings, I don't see any reason why they
>shouldn't work. I was planning to wire them in parrallel for 30 uf. The guy
>also had many other similar caps with ratings for 50/60 Hz and I remerber
>seeing three phase on some of them. Maybe these aren't electrolitics.
>Later,
>Jon
>

Those are not the typical electrolytics one would by at say Radio Shack.

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• From: "Adam" <adamsmith-at-mediaone-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)

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