RE: Maxwell 37667 pulse caps

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

.03 is LTR static @ 15Kv 120 ma

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Subject: RE: Maxwell 37667 pulse caps

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

Yes, I had exactly the same experience using .03uF with a 15/60 NST.
With a static gap, .03 is just too big.  Too bad you just can't slice
off a third of it on a table saw - .02 worked out perfectly.  Of course,
the .03 would be perfect with a sync RSG...

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA

 > Original poster: otmaskin5@xxxxxxx
 >
 > For what it's worth, I was "suckered" into buying one.  I've run it
 > quite a bit on a 15/60 system and it never blew up & it has kept on
 > working.  The only thing that caused me a problem was an erratic
 > current draw blowing a lot of fuses.  OTOH the cap is about 3X res
 > which might have been the reason for pulling a lot of current -
 > maybe?  Anyway, that's been my experience.  Dennis Hopkinton MA