[Lowfer] Mica capacitors for TX looping

Tue, 20 Aug 2002 21:54:03 -0400

Bill

have you tested any to their stress point to see how much
current one would take before toasting, or should I say going
loopie

Bob  K3DJC

On Tue, 20 Aug 2002 17:23:06 -0400 "Bill Ashlock" <[email protected]>
writes:
>Calling all loop club members and sympathizers:
>
>All Electronics Corp at http://www.allcorp.com has 2000pf @500v dipped 
>
>silver mica caps for $0.35 each. (These are listed in Newark for ~$3) 
>I 
>typically parallel three of them together and then experimentally add 
>
>addition mica caps in parallel to bring my loops into resonance. Using 
>three 
>in parallel guarantees less than 1/2 A and 150vac in each capacitor 
>when 
>used with a typical Lowfer loop.
>
>Bill
>
>
>
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