Re: dc hv capacitor question (fwd)

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Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:45:18 +0800
From: Peter Terren <pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: dc hv capacitor question (fwd)

These sound like big doorknob caps. Ceramics aren't polarised. They sound 
small to be used as energy discharge into a flashlamp so presumably had some 
other function.
Peter http://tesladownunder.com

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> Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:13:23 -0400
> From: miles waldron <mileswaldron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: dc hv capacitor question
>
> I have good fortune to have a set of 10nf 10kvdc ceramic DC laser pulse
> caps. They are blue, but all I know and can remember and can measure is 
> that
> they are 10nf each at 10kvdc. My question is which termial is more likely
> "+" and which terminal is more likely "-"? The connectors are all the same
> female bolts, but the "top" is all smooth, and seem to have been pressed
> onto the "bottom". Is there some experiment or characteristic that I can 
> use
> to figure out the DC orientation?
>
> http://www.gravitymagnet.com/eBay/IMG_0001_2.JPG
>
> Gentlemen,
>
> Miles