[Johnson] Newby Valiant Owner questions

[John Lawson]

On Sun, 4 Sep 2005, Ed Tanton wrote:

> You might also keep in mind that ANY capacitor you use could have its current 
> rating effectively doubled by simply using 2 capacitors having 1/2 the 
> capacitive value, connected in parallel, as a replacement for the single 
> capacitor. Voltage rating stays the same, and they will-mostly-share the 
> current 50-50.
>


   Thanks Ed - I kinda figgered that the multiple-cap strings (C38 and C39 
for ex.) were for current-sharing - I have replaced them with 2-unit 
strings - maybe this is not enough.

   I'm thinking that some IR-thermometer spy-work might reveal if I'm 
suffering from dielectric heating - seems quite plausible.

  Thanks all who have responded so far...  it's an interesting education!

Cheers

John KB6SCO