Re: Protective Capacitors?

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Original poster: "Sean Taylor by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <taylorss-at-rose-hulman.edu>

>I have recently aquired 20 General Electric Protective
> Capacitors...They are used for surge suppression on large. sync 
> motors(in case of lighting strike  ect..). I was wondering if I 
> could use them for Tesla Coil use...they are rated -at- .5uf , 6900 
> vac...the dielectric used is polypropylene in dielektrol .....they 
> have an internal discharge resistor...(Im not sure if that would be 
> a problem)... so you guys tell me what you think...

I kinda remember somewhat saying not too long ago Dielektrol was the
name GE gave their PCB oils . . . Someone else remember anything about
this?  I wouldn't cut those things open if I were you :-)

Sean Taylor