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RE: Help identify this cap please?



Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <gary.lau@xxxxxx>

Thank you Mike; Of course - Google it! But Dang, it looks like this is a paper/polyester dielectric unit. Oh well, I was living high for a while thinking I'd made the deal of a lifetime. $5 for a cool looking lime green door stop isn't too terrible!

Regards, Gary

> Original poster: "Mike" <induction@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi Gary,
> I found it on Google, sent full pasted results in private mail
> because it would not line up in the page format here.
> That is a .05 by the number, plastic case. 60 kV is right. Pulse service.
> Average life is 10 to the 6th discharges.
> Company that made it is:
> CSI Capacitors, 2595 Commerce Way, Vista, CA 92083-8420, USA
> phone: (760) 682-2222 fax: (760) 682-3333
>
> µF PART
> NUMBER MEAN LIFE ENERGY CASE
> TYPE HEIGHT C WEIGHT
> (shots) (joules) (ins) (mm) (lbs) (Kg)
>
>
> 0.05 60W294 106 90 P2 4.0 102 7 3.2
>
> Hope this helps,
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 2:02 PM
> Subject: Help identify this cap please?
>
>
> >Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <gary.lau@xxxxxx>
> >
> >I just found a promising HV cap at the MIT flea market. The cap is lime
> >green, measures 8.25" x 3.75" x 4", and the manufacturer's logo looks
> >like "FSI" or "CSI". There were two caps available, but one looked like
> >it had a poorly made seam repair with RTV, so I just took one, for $5.
> >The caps were marked 60W294, 0.6uF, 60kV, but measured .05uF, more in
> >line with the dimensions. Both caps measured identically. A photo may
> >be seen at www.laushaus.com/tesla/greencap.jpg.
> >
> >I'd be grateful if anyone might be able to explain the discrepancy
> >between the marked value and the measured value, and might know
> >something about its PPS rating.
> >
> >Thanks and regards, Gary Lau
> >MA, USA
> >
>
>