RE: power factor cap? (fwd)

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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:14:12 -0800 (PST)
From: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: power factor cap? (fwd)

Or if you're good at scrounging, you can find them in
home air conditioners. We have a recycle place that
gets lots of air conditioners. The compressor often
has one and the blower fan almost always does.

Adam

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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
> 
> 
> 
> 



 
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