Re: Plastic capacitors for TC tank

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com> 


You best bet is a phone call to PCI in Chicago, IL.  Ask Beau Meskin what
type type they are.  I suspect they are DC filter caps and not hi-Q energy
discharge caps.  If they are filter caps you can not use them in TC
circuits --- they will not take the voltage reversals.

Dr. Resonance

Resonance Research Corporation
E11870 Shadylane Rd.
Baraboo   WI   53913
 >
 > I'm sure someone has probably gone over this in the past, but I was
 > wondering about the effectiveness of some new caps I just picked up.  I
have
 > about 20 of these .25uF -at- 3KV oil filled polypropylene caps, manufactured
by
 > Plastic Capacitors Inc; and was thinking of using them in a MMC
 > configuration for my Magnifier.  Very nice glass cased caps, quite
expensive
 > purchased new as I recall.
 >