Re: 2uF 660 VAC capacitors available

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


Scott:

How many extra do you have?   I would take 20 pcs.

What city and state are you located in?

Dr. Resonance

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Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 1:47 PM
Subject: 2uF 660 VAC capacitors available


> Original poster: "Scott Hanson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<huil888-at-surfside-dot-net>
>
> List members -
>
> I purchased some 2 uF AC capacitors and ended up with more than I needed.
>
> These caps are unused, removed from a sealed carton. They are manufactured
in
> the USA by Mallory, have internal thermal protection and use PCB-free
mineral
> oil dielectric fluid.They are rated at 2uF -at- 660 VAC, and are perfect for
> fractional-horsepower capacitor-run motors (blowers and small rotary spark
> gaps). They might also be useful for "tuning" John Freau's rotary spark
gap
> phase-adjust circuit, power-factor correction for small NST's, or any
place an
> AC-rated capacitor is needed. These are rated at 660 VAC instead of the
more
> common 240 VAC, and probably have a higher safety factor for use around
Tesla
> coils where there may be RF spikes present on the AC line voltage. Price
is
> $1.50 each; the current Newark catalog lists equivalent parts for around
$10.00
> each. Please contact me off-list if anyone needs some. For anyone planning
on
> entering Gary Lau's Mini-Coil contest, these may provide useful PFC for
the 4kV
> - 20ma NST.
>
> Scott Hanson
>
>
>