[ARC5] AC Motor Start Caps as Filters

[Roy Morgan]

I remember a report quite some time ago now from a fellow who spoke in person with an engineer at a manufacturer and asked about the dc rating of such capacitors. The engineer laughed and said the practical dc rating would be something like four times the peak of the rms ac rating. 

Roy

Roy Morgan
K1LKY Western Mass

> On Mar 23, 2020, at 10:03 PM, Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I was helping a friend troublshoot a 7.5 hp AC motor ... that the start caps were 1200 mfd at 125V, in series.  
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