Re: Power Factor Capacitor

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• Subject: Re: Power Factor Capacitor
• From: "Malcolm Watts" <malcolm.watts-at-wnp.ac.nz> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 17:38:27 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Hi Jon,

> Original Poster: "Jon Lagler" <rockcrawl-at-netzero-dot-net> 
> 
<snip>
> 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.

If it says "VAC" on the case, VAC it is. They will work. If they are 
electrolytic they are made up of two back-to-back units so as to be 
effectively non-polarized.

Regards,
Malcolm

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