Re: Arctronics capacitors

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 


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Subject: Re: Arctronics capacitors


 > Original poster: "Virtualgod" <mike.marcum-at-zoomtown-dot-com>
 >
 > only 20% reversal? If most tc's have 80-90% seems these would be failing
 > more often than they do when ran on a 12/90 nst.

35kV rating vs 20kV or so operating voltage on the NST saves them.  The
decrease in life due to reversal is much less pronounced than the increase
in life due to lower voltage (something like the 7th power).

 > Subject: Re: Arctronics capacitors
 >  > Original poster: Christoph Bohr <cb-at-luebke-lands.de>
 >  >
 >  > Hello Kreso!
 >  >
 >  > Ich bought these Maxwell caps from them and they worked fine for me.
 >  > Prices between 75$ and 90$ semm to be common.
 >  > The good thing is you have a professional relatively small high quality
 > cap.
 >  > But you never know where tey came from and hoch much remaining live
they
 > have.
 >  > These caps are rated for 35 KV DC at 500BPS max and 20% voltage
reversal.
 > -snip-