RE: power factor cap? (fwd)

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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:35:59 -0500
From: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: power factor cap? (fwd)

You'll not find anything useful for power factor correction in TV's or
monitors.  What you need are motor RUN capacitors, not motor start
capacitors and not electrolytic capacitors.  Purchased new, suitable run
capacitors are very expensive (by coiler standards).  But eBay has
plenty of good caps - you just need to be able to tell the good ones
from the bad ones.  If the description includes the word START or lists
the uF value as a range, i.e. 64-77uF, you don't want it.

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA


> From: russell dischar <hightechredneck2005@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: power factor cap?
> 
> I am trying to get a power factor cap of around 550 uf. I tried some
of
> the big black ones from inside a computer monitor Alum./electrolyte
with
> really smokin results. i litterally mean smokin. What type of caps are
> used for this and can i get one one for cheap. I have a bunch of old
tvs
> and monitors.
> 
>   thanks
>   Russ