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Re: Testing Pulse Caps

Original poster: DRIEBEN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Mike,

You could get some high voltage rated rectifier(s)
(they can often be found on ebay) and place in se-
ries with the HV AC output of your transformer and
then see if it will hold a charge. Be careful though
as the stored voltage of the cap is very dangerous if
not lethal. Also, it's hard on the cap to short circuit
it with a very low resistance load, so only do it once
to verify that the capacitor will indeed hold a charge
at of near its rated voltage.

David Rieben

David Rieben

----- Original Message -----
From: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, November 14, 2005 12:04 pm
Subject: Testing Pulse Caps

> Original poster: "MIKE HARDY" <MHARDY@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> It's easy enough to asure a cap is good with a meter, but how does
> one find out if a pulse cap is good near the actual high operating
> voltage it will see?
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