RE: Combining several caps

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>


Not in all cases.  When building capacitors using standard MMC (cornell
dublier, ge 42ls), you can use the DC rating
as the AC rating.  It depends on the type of capacitor.

Dan




Your idea is good, but your number of caps in series is low. 8Kv x 1.414 =
11.31 Kv, or 6 capacitors in series. The capacitor must stand your peak
voltage not your 8Kv RMS voltage.
      Robert  H