Re: HUGE caps on ebay

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi,
Since these caps are not good for Tesla coils, they are off-topic.  However, I
sort of goofed and got it started, so I will combine the three responses here
and end the thread....  - Terry


Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 16:38:37 -0600
From: "Kevin Christiansen" <KevinC-at-CrystalCanyon-dot-com>
To: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>

Interesting.

Either the seller of these caps isn't very good at copying down numbers,
or Aerovox isn't very good at math, or there is something else amiss.

According to the item listing on ebay, the label says
4000 VDC and 300 uF and 3120 joules.

4000 VDC and 300 uF implies 2400 joules.
4000 VDC and 3120 joules implies 390 uF.

I wonder what these caps really are...

- Kevin Christiansen

At 03:37 PM 7/13/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Jake Draper by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<cybermecium2-at-home-dot-com>
>
>Check out Item # 1615619852. 300MFD at 4,000V each. There are 8 in this
lot and
>they are Aerovox. They are probably just a little too big for Tesla Coil use,
>but they would make a good can crusher,quarter shrinker, or EMP device for
>sure! The bid is only at $100 and there is about 3 days left. The only
thing is
>the shipping, the whole lot weighs about 900LBS, if you live in or near
>Albequerque, NM, $100 doesn't sound bad if you could arrange a pickup.
>    -Jake D.
>    <mailto:cybermecium2-at-home-dot-com>cybermecium2-at-home-dot-com
>    http://taradev.cjb-dot-net
> 
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From: "Rev. K Kanno" <presence-at-churchofinformationwarfare-dot-org>
To: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: HUGE caps on ebay

On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Jake Draper by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<cybermecium2-at-home-dot-com>
> 
> Check out Item # 1615619852. 300MFD at 4,000V each. There are 8 in this lot
and
> they are Aerovox. They are probably just a little too big for Tesla Coil use,
> but they would make a good can crusher,quarter shrinker, or EMP device for
> sure! The bid is only at $100 and there is about 3 days left. The only thing
is
> the shipping, the whole lot weighs about 900LBS, if you live in or near
> Albequerque, NM, $100 doesn't sound bad if you could arrange a pickup.

I cannot be completely certain, but listed one is probably from 1979 and a
paper only dielectric capacitor, and of no value for AC use.

3kJ is still pretty exciting.


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X-Envelope-From: Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com  Fri Jul 13 21:12:52 2001
Subject: Re: HUGE caps on ebay

In a message dated 7/13/01 5:16:40 PM Central Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes: 



Check out Item # 1615619852. 300MFD at 4,000V each. There are 8 in this lot 
and 
they are Aerovox. They are probably just a little too big for Tesla Coil 
use, 
but they would make a good can crusher,quarter shrinker, or EMP device for 
sure! The bid is only at $100 and there is about 3 days left. The only 
thing is 
the shipping, the whole lot weighs about 900LBS, if you live in or near 
Albequerque, NM, $100 doesn't sound bad if you could arrange a pickup. 
   -Jake D. 
   


Jake, all, 

These caps are $100 EACH, not $100 for the whole lot of 8. 
BTW,  I just picked up a 100 uFD, 10 kV Maxwell 
energy discharge cap from this same eBay seller, and it's 
one hot cap for can crushing :-) I had to come off the pocket 
book though, as these were $250 EACH, plus shipping. 

David Rieben