[Boatanchors] HT-37 Caps

[Boatanchor at alliedinformation.com]

Yes, correction 10uF. The capacitance value is not really what is the 
problem. The voltage is.

MC


At 02:25 AM 6/30/2005, Brian Clarke wrote:
>Are you sure that you mean 10 milliFarad, ie 10,000 uF? That's the sort of
>capacitor that would be used in a very large spectral or photographic flash
>array. So, try a photographic flash manufacturer.
>
>To achieve a higher Voltage withstand than the devices you can get, put
>two in series with equalising resistors in parallel. It's very difficult 
>to get
>two electrolytic capacitors with the same capacity - the one with the
>lesser capacity gets charged to a higher Voltage - hence the need for
>equalising resistors.
>
>73 de Brian, VK2GCE.
>   Matt said:
>   There are two filter caps in there that are 10mF at 600 volts!
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