Re: dc hv capacitor question (fwd)

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Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:42:33 +0000
From: David Rieben <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: dc hv capacitor question (fwd)

Hi Miles, all,

Correct me if I'm wrong, but "pulse" caps are not polarized so it
doesn't matter, does it? Electrolytic type caps are the only kind 
that I know of where polarization  is critical.

David Rieben

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> Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:13:23 -0400 
> From: miles waldron 
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> Subject: dc hv capacitor question 
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> 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 
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> Gentlemen, 
> 
> Miles 
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