Re: Need help!/ These good??

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Original poster: "Steven Ward by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <srward16-at-hotmail-dot-com>

HI Terry,

I didnt intend to run these in parrallel with anything, just by themselves.  
Im not using a RSG, i know its bad not to but ill see how it all goes with 
that.  I think that they ought to be fine with the current ratings then.  
Thanks for the help!!

Steve Ward.


>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: Need help!/ These good??
>Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 13:09:43 -0600
>
>Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
>
>Hi Steve,
>
>An easy trick is to use the Cornell-Dubilier charts for their very similar
>942C series.
>
>http://www.cornell-dubilier-dot-com/film/9421200.htm
>
>They list 14.7 amps RMS which is probably conservative by 2+X.  I think you
>are going to run this cap in parallel with another cap so no problem at
>all.  Even alone at 120 BPS, this cap may handle the full current of a
>15/120 all by itself.  Voltage is no problem at all.
>
>Cheers,
>
>	Terry
>
>
>At 01:49 PM 7/27/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi Terry,
> >
> >Well, i think that they may be suitable since they are in the same line 
>of
> >construction as my other 42L caps (they are all 42L).  Im guessing that 
>they
> >are all constructed the same, and if so, they just use thinner 
>dialectric.
> >But the current rating sounds good you say???  Id think that with a whole
> >group of 25 in a single string would be plenty voltage margin, each cap 
>will
> >only see ~840v peak.  Im VERY tempted to buy these, 38 buck for a large 
>cap
> >like this is cheap!  I think ill wait out a few more opinions, then hope 
>for
> >the best.  By the way Terry, was your doubt in the current rating, or the
> >voltage ratings??
> >
> >Steve Ward.
> >
> >
> >>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> >>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> >>Subject: Re: Need help!/ These good??
> >>Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 12:34:07 -0600
> >>
> >>Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
> >>
> >>Hi Steve,
> >>
> >>I "think" these will work.  Normally two strings of geek caps would be
> >>needed but yours here are 4X the value and roughly 4X the current.
> >>
> >>http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/MMCcapSales.gif
> >>
> >>Cheers,
> >>
> >>	Terry
> >>
> >>
> >>At 12:28 PM 7/27/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >> >HI list,
> >> >
> >> >Well now i understand that im screwed for trying to find these caps so 
>i
> >> >found some other ones.  They are at
> >> >
> >> >http://www.madisound-dot-com/gecaps.html
> >> >
> >> >oddly enough.  The ones im looking at are the 42l series, the ,68uf
> >>-at-1200v.
> >> >Is that voltage rating high enough for MMC use??I would have to get by 
>on
> >>a
> >> >single string of 25.  That would be 30000v -at- .0272 uf, so LTR for my
> >>15/120
> >> >PSU.  So what do you all think???  Will one string handle all of that
> >> >current??  Thanks,
> >> >
> >> >Steve Ward.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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