Re: CAPACITOR INFORMATION NEEDED

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Original poster: "Dr.Resonance by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>


Before sawing one in half and ruining it, why not just call C-D and ask
someone in the engineering dept for the specs?

No sense ruining what might be a great discharge cap for lack of a $1.50 tel
call.

Dr. Resonance




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Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 9:15 PM
Subject: CAPACITOR INFORMATION NEEDED


 > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<CanalRay-at-aol-dot-com>
 >
 > Hello all: I am looking for information on some caps I recently ran
across. I
 > can't find anything on the web from Cornell Dublier, so I will throw it
out
 > to the masses.
 >
 > The capacitors are 43 inches tall with a body diameter of 12 inches. The
top
 > of the cap has a round metal boss with, I believe a 1/2-13 threaded hole
in
 > the center. The bottom boss has four 1/2 inch holes drilled in it. Four
ears
 > on the boss. The body material appears to be a phenolic type tube, reddish
 > brown in color. These caps are heavy, they weigh in at 240 pounds,
uncrated.
 > The value as indicated on the top boss is:15 uF -at- 120 KVDC. I would
suspect
 > they were intended for a radar unit or some other type of high powered
 > transmitter. These are my guesses. The only thing I don't know is what
type
 > of dielectric they use. Here is the part number: PL7319XR-1. Manufactured
by
 > Cornell Dublier. Condition is really good. They do not appear to have ever
 > been used. So, short of sawing one in half, I thought of asking the Tesla
 > group.
 >
 > Any help would be appreciated.
 >
 > Sincerely,
 >
 > Tom Vales        canalray-at-aol-dot-com
 >
 >