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Re: pulse cap



Original poster: "Rick Williams by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <richardwwilliams-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Hi all,
About that pulse life spec. Does the cap simply die (if so, how?) or is that
how long it will perform "within spec" before performance begins to degrade?

Rick W.
Salt Lake City




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Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: pulse cap


> Original poster: "Michael H Nolley by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <nolleym-at-willamette.edu>
>
> >
> > Maxwell #37667 high-voltage capacitor. Rated 0.03?F, 35KV ?10%.
Dimensions
> > are 2 1/4" x 4 1/4" x 6".
> >
> > Has anyone used one of these caps yet?
> > They seem to auction one off for about $65 every couple weeks.
> > I talked to an eng at Maxwell and he said it is a $500 or so cap and if
it
> > went for that cheap they were probably worth close to nothing.
>
> Ebay is great for finding surplus goods--probably better (at the cost of
> more risk and less selection) than
> buying them from surplus outfits like fair radio.  The maxwell caps being
> sold on Ebay, if they are being
> sold every 2 weeks are good, otherwise the negative feedback might catch
up
> with the seller in a major way.
> Keep in mind that surplus goods are much cheaper because they have been
> used.  A used Maxwell capacitor,
> depending upon how *much* it has been used, could go for dramatically less
> than any "list" price, especially
> if an individual is selling them.
>         --Mike
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