Re: Wild caps...and shopping :)

["Gomez ADDams" <gomez-at-netherworld-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

on that fateful day 8/10/00 12:14 PM, Tesla list uttered:

> One of the things we noticed on our little jaunt was a large bank of
> capacitors used next to the private substation for the plant. I have no idea
> of ratings or whatnot (I have to go back tomorrow), but they were about 4W X
> 10L X 6D and had 2 HV bushings. These are probably rated for at least 2000
> and at most 15KV and I was woindering if they would work for TC duty. Ideas?
> Terry?

These are almost certainly PFC caps, very common in the substations of large
consumers, since their loads tend to be all inductance (motors, welding
transformers, etc).  They will almost certainly be much, much too high a
value for coiling.  But if those dimensions are inches, and if they're only
1uF or so, you could perhaps put ten of them in series for a big coil.  I
know someone in Longmont who did that with utility PFC caps.

- Gomez

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