Yurtle Turtle wrote:
Keep in mind that pulses/sec is not breaks/sec, at least as defined by the cap mfr. A TC typically runs at almost 90% reversal, which is a lot harder on the cap internals than the 20% or 50% often spec'd in the capacitor data sheet in connection with the life spec.These caps hold up just fine in Tesla duty. I've got ten and have never had a problem, even when pushing them over 400 bps. The spec sheet says they're good to 500 pps. The only problem is that you don't know how much abuse they'veseen before you buy them.
OTOH, reducing the voltage across the cap by a factor of two has a HUGE effect on life.
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