Re: Are these mica caps?

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Original poster: "Jonathan Peakall" <jpeakall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi All,

Thanks for the replies. One of the caps is *fairly* large, measuring 1 1/2"
in diameter and 4 1/2" in length. It has 10/32 connectors on each end. The
other is smaller, 1 1/4" by 3 3/4" and has no lugs on the end. It looks like
a fuse, so perhaps it was intended to plug into a socket.

Alas and alack, I doubt these are Mica. Is there any somewhat simple way to
test them and see if they would take the abuse of a tube coil? I don't want
to start building a coil around doomed caps, then find out that I don't have
enough room to put "real" caps in place.

Thanks for the help!

Jonathan

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Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: Are these mica caps?


> Original poster: Mike <megavolts61@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> My mica caps are pretty good sized..  6.75 in x 2.25 in x
> 4.75  in.   They are also fairly heavy....haven't weighed them but I
> would guess each weighs about 5lbs..maybe more.
> They are .025uf (as measured, they are right on with the label) and
> 20kV pk to pk.
> Mike
>
>
>
>      How big are they?  Answer is almost certainly not unless they are
> enormous.  I have an 0.006 mfd 20 kV mica capacitor by Sprague which
> is about 6" in diameter and 10 inches long.
>   (wow that would be 125 cu in, but I guess mine are 72 cu in...who'd
> have thought??)
>
> Ed
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