Re: Cornell-Dubilier caps 942C series

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Original poster: "tesla by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <tesla-at-paradise-dot-net.nz>

Hi
THe 942C series are fine, Roin Copini used them at very high power levels
and I've also sucessfully used them at about 3kW.
The 942C series seems to be the ones that were being used here too.
Their spec is excellent and the 1600v 0.33uF range are excellent value
$/nF/V
Ted Linney in NZ
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Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 3:17 PM
Subject: Cornell-Dubilier caps (was salt water caps or buckets?)


> Original poster: "Bill Vanyo by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<vanyo-at-echoes-dot-net>
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> Tesla list wrote:
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> > Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> > Complete plans for a bucket cap can be found at...
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> > http://www.thegeekgroup-dot-org/Projects/Tesla/capacitors.htm
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> I noticed you're using Cornell-Dubilier caps.  I have a bunch of these
> (.047uF 3000vdc) that I was planning on using for an MMC.  Then I found
> a doc on one of Terry's pages (which I can't find now -  it listed
> "good" caps and "bad" caps for MMC's), and the Cornell-Dubilier's were
> the only "bad" cap listed.  I know somebody else on the list used these
> and they blew rather easily.  Are they working for you?  Maybe the ones
> you have are constructed differently - mine are pure metallized film, no
> foil (I unrolled one).
>
> BTW, your page (listed above) doesn't view under Netscape 4.7
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> - Bill
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