RE: NEW? CDE caps

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Original poster: "Jim Mora" <jmora@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Terry, et al,

I have around 150 of the old style CDE's .15uf in two full boxes. My present
8" works fine with a Hodge Padge of Panasonic, CDE's, and a couple of
Maxwells. They are arranged so that the current to the banks is not a mile
off.

I would like to buy 50-100 of the old style CDE's so all things are equal in
my new 12.5" coil. This will be my last disruptive coil with a fair amount
of effort and $. Soon I will be going out to the Primadonna at State Line
Nevada to coat the coil form.

It would be nice to find a vintage crop of about (100) 942c20p15k (do they
have a new run number?).

My plan will be to run 15x5 banks per layer @ 24KV peak. Is that enough per
string do you suppose to hold off that voltage (double is good)?

This will be the DC power three phase with bio/diesel power on a trailer.
Building the generator has been a pain. I have three now :-) (2 are single
phase diesels) good for the "BIG ONE".

I would love to have one or two of Dr. R's single end Maxwell's. But I think
the CDE's will do the job with the advantage of easy reconfiguration.

Healthy Streamers,
Jim Mora
Ojai, Ca.

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Subject: Re: NEW? CDE caps

Original poster: Vardan <vardan01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi,

The "new" caps are fine.  They changed the specs
too from the old but all for the better.  They
are using a better polymer now so the temp specs
are higher and they wind them a bit better so the
size is smaller.  Poly caps are still evolving so
they change a bit now and then, but nothing to
worry about.  They are or will go lead free soon
and that will raise the price about 10%.

Cheers,

         Terry


At 11:14 AM 5/15/2006, you wrote:
>I  received a few days ago some CD caps from Dr.
>R , quick service and good looking caps-Thanks Dr. R .
>I started to lay then on my pre-drilled Lexan
>sheet used to mount them on and they looked a
>little small from the spec sheet I had downloaded from CDE.
>Not a big difference but to a machinist trained
>eye I could see it. Has any one tested the new smaller caps?
>
>OLD   942C20P15K-od-is 1.161, length 1.811
>
>NEW 942C20P15K-F-od-is .975, length is 1.75
>
>Rich , from the middle of Missouri
>