Re: ebay caps

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Original poster: "Crow Leader" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net> 

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Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 6:11 PM
Subject: RE: ebay caps


 > Original poster: "Godfrey Loudner" <ggreen-at-gwtc-dot-net>
 >
 > Hello Matt
 >
 > Not long ago, I won a 50kv, 0.1uF cap on ebay. The cap was
 > large, with tall insulators. I was very suspicious that it

Capcitor Secret - large tall insulator add lots of inductance, so you won't
usually see them on RF rated caps.

 > was a filter cap, but I thought it would be good for very
 > short runs. I came across the cap at the last moments of
 > bidding and the price was low. After about a month, the seller
 > notified me that he had forgotten about my purchase and would
 > now determine the shipping charges. After someone on the other
 > tesla list said the cap probably contained PCBs, I asked
 > for the plate data. The word pyranol meant PCBs. After
 > telling the seller that I could not accept the cap, he settled
 > for a small portion of the price. I and others should learn
 > that big ebay caps, with nice tall terminals are worthless
 > for coiling and probably contain PCBs. I've been totally

Baseless. There is no correlation between large insulators and PCBs. There
is with old old capacitors, that's all. My cap with the biggest terminals
(maybe 8" tall) is quite new and pcb free.

KEN

 > dependent on two Maxwells, which limits my coiling. I guess
 > my next stop will be the geek group.
 >
 > Godfrey Loudner
 >
 >  >There is
 >  >
 >
 >  >Matt D.
 >
 >
 >