[ARC5] Re-stuffed cap

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 30 Mar 2011 at 12:45, J. Forster wrote:

> > center one to see if that makes any difference.
> 
> It won't. The capacitors are in series. You are not measuring stray
> capacitance, but the two caps in series, and it's entirely predictable
> the value should be C/2.

Thanks, John, that just dawned on me before I read your reply.

> > 3) There is no measurable leakage at 450 VDC (the upper limit for my
> > C-3) between any of the three caps. The capacitances between them,
> > again 0.025 mfd, have identical leakage as that of each individual
> > cap....essentially none.
> 
> So, why re-stuff them?

I meant there is not measureable leakage between sections of the re-stuffed 
cap. The originals were total toast.

> > Does anyone know that these brass pots were plated with? Zinc? Some
> > other metal?
> 
> Cadmium, most likely.

OK. Thanks.

Ken