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Re: MMC: question on cap setup
- To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
- Subject: Re: MMC: question on cap setup
- From: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>
- Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 18:16:55 -0600
- Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme
- In-Reply-To: <3991CDD8.7B284471-at-home-dot-com>
Hi Andrew,
Tesla coil capacitors are not sensitive to direction. They can be hooked
up either way. They have no polarity like some electrolytic and tantalum
DC caps do.
Cheers,
Terry
At 05:32 PM 8/9/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Please forgive me if this is a stupid question, but does it matter which
>lead on the caps is in? I am not thinking it does, but I want to be for
>sure. I am using those GE caps form Hosfelt and I am wondering does it
>matter which lead is in and which is out. I have used some low-voltage
>DC caps in other applications that have an indication arrow about which
>way the current should flow, but there is not one on these. So, does it
>matter?
>
>Thanks,
>Andrew
>