RE: Combining several caps

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Original poster: "Mark W. Stolz by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mark_w_stolz-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Dan, All,

The manufacturers don't see it this way though, hence the different ratings 
for AC and DC.  If you choose to disregard the specifications, don't 
complain if they fail prematurely/

Mark Stolz
Houston, TX
http://teslacoils4christ-dot-org


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