RE: Wild caps...and shopping :)

["Oxandale, Terry" <Toxandale-at-SPP-dot-org> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

My very first "large" coil cap was one of these types of caps (only it
had a greater VAR rating and was about 20" high). It was rated at 13.8kv
if I remember correctly and we used them in a series/parallel
arrangement to support the 115kv transmission system). I cut the top of
it off, and found 20 rolled caps inside, all in parallel with bleeders
across them. I cut the connections and re-wired them all in series
(still in the SS casing). It came out to 168nF (started out at 3uF I
believe), which allowed me about 4 turns on my primary. It worked real
well for what it was.

Terry

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> Sent: 	Thursday, August 10, 2000 7:39 PM
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> Subject: 	Re: Wild caps...and shopping :)
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> Original poster: "Gomez ADDams" <gomez-at-netherworld-dot-com> 
> 
> 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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