Re: MO Caps

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <A123X-at-aol-dot-com>

That's true. I was just thinking about it because someone on ebay was selling 
10 GE MO caps claiming he had used them in a TC and that they worked well. So 
I was just checking to see what everyone else thought about this, and maybe 
try using some of the ones I have but I probably won't now.

Mark

In a message dated 7/30/02 11:31:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

<< Hi Mark
 
 MO capacitors simply aren't designed for pulse duty - use them as filter 
 caps in MOT based power supplies, sure.  (They are on a fairly 
 non-strenuous voltage doubler duty; even then they fail in service.)
 
 Look at the current rating on one of them (often marked), then think of 
 the currents flying around a TC tank circuit ;-)
 
 Cheers
 
 Matthew "Not even wearing body armour and in a concrete bunker" Smith
  >>