[Boatanchors] HV caps

Carl km1h at jeremy.mv.com
Mon May 2 15:06:09 EDT 2011


Id go with 33 or 47uF 400 or 450V as the originals were "adequate" 
(translation: As cheap as we could get away with) and a bit more C will 
reduce any residual hum as well as add a bit of regulation. Even larger wont 
hurt, especially for C-20.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen Zook" <gzook at yahoo.com>
To: <Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; "n0alo" <n0alo at cox.net>
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] HV caps


> Just series up 2 each 27 mfd @ 450 volt capacitors for each 700 volt 
> capacitor and you will be "good to go".  The originals were usually 2 each 
> 350 volt capacitors in series but in the same package.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
> Website:  http://k9sth.com
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>
> --- On Mon, 5/2/11, n0alo <n0alo at cox.net> wrote:
>
> Working on a WRL 680 and need two 12 mf 700 volt caps. Haven't been able 
> to find any with that voltage rateing. Can someone point me in the right 
> direction.
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