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Re: [TCML] microwave oven capacitors



Thanks…  

> On Sep 30, 2016, at 11:15 AM, jimlux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On 9/30/16 10:23 AM, undisclosed recipient via Tesla wrote:
>> Has anyone used microwave oven capacitors for their primary MMC??
>> 
>> If so how did they fare?
> 
> Terrible..
> MO capacitors are designed to filter line frequency (50-60 Hz) and have high losses at 100kHz sort of TC frequencies.  They also typically have a bleeder resistor across them that's on the order of 1 Meg, so you have a loss there too.
> 
> But it's the terrible high frequency performance that makes them unsuitable.
> 
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