Re: Geek group caps, I think I made a mistake?

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

In a message dated 11/15/02 11:17:58 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:


>the caps I recieved are 2000 VDC .15mf , the ac current goes right through
>them.
>im using an 15/30 nst can I make these work somehow? I tried 10 in parallel
>
>Hellllp
>Thanks
>Danny L. Ray II


Danny,

What exactly is your question?  AC current is supposed to go go right 
through them.  The normal useage of mmc caps is to place them in 
series.  10 in series would provide .015 ufd at 20,000 volts DC.  10 in 
parallel would provide 1.5 ufd (way too big) at 2,000 volts DC (way too small).

Ed Sonderman