Re: Terry's DRSSTC - All Ready!! - MMC rating

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Mark,

I just picked up the 13.5Arms off the data sheets...  I had long forgotten 
that I tested them to 8 amps back in 2000...

The caps seem smaller (less diameter these days to me too).  I know that 
there was some industry wide change to the films about 2 years ago that 
raised there temperature ratings.  So maybe CD and the rest figured 
something out that helps them run at higher currents these days.

I will have to try to retest them sometime to see if they have indeed 
improved something.

Cheers,

        Terry


At 04:35 PM 3/5/2005, you wrote:
> Terry,
>
> What is it about your configuration that allows them to tolerate a higher 
> current than the rating you measured a couple years ago?  Frequency?
>
> Mark Broker !
> Chief Engineer, The Geek Group
>
> ....................
> > The maximum RMS current they can see in the present configuration is 19.4
> > amps as opposed to their 13.5 rating.  That gives a temp rise of
> >
> >   (19.4 / 13.5)^2 x 10 = 21C
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