Re: cap question

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

Hi Lance,

12,000uF  40VDC Electrolytic.  Used in big old computer power supplies.

No use at all for Tesla coiling.  Capacitance is far too high and voltage is
far too low.  This is also a DC only cap.  RF would blow it apart.

Cheers,

        Terry


At 12:52 PM 4/22/2002 -0400, you wrote: 
>
> Hey all,
>
> I came across a capacitor and I have no idea if it will be good to use in a
> tesla coil.
> I have no way of getting info on this cap and I have only one.
> The label is as follows:
>
> SPRAGUE
> POWERLYTIC
> 36D123G040BC2A
> EP40-123
> 12000-40DC
> 74  47 L
>
> If anybody can get any info about this cap it would be great. Once again I
> only have one so I will need to know where to get more if they are suitable
> for a TC.
>
> Thanks,
> Lance