Re: Capacitors needed!

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Original poster: "robert & june heidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com>

John;  All capacitors are DC rated. Some capacitors like motor run
capacitors are also AC rated. The problem comes in when the capacitor is
polarized like an electroletic capacitor. These capacitors are formed by
plating or charging them to form an insulating coating often with aluminum
and sulfuric acid. When these capacitors are reversed polerity they conduct
like a diode and explode in a spray of acid and metal foil. These capacitors
are marked with a + & - polerity sign. No good for AC.
    Robert  H
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 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 06:44:06 -0700
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Re: Capacitors needed!
 > Resent-From: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Resent-Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 06:46:37 -0700
 >
 > Original poster: "John Degnan by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > <jdegnan86-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 >
 > oopse i forgot to ask if it was ok to use DC capcitors with an AC NST  i
 > don't think it  wouldbut i'm probably wrong.
 >
 > Thanks
 >
 > ~John
 >
 > Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "John Degnan by way of Terry Fritz "
 >
 >
 >
 > Does anyone here know how many champeign bottles it takes to make a Sw cap
 > with a capacitence of .01 uF?also a rolled polycap with this same
 > capacitence would be nice.
 >
 > Thanks,
 >
 > ~John
 >
 >
 >