[Milsurplus] cap...

[Joe Foley]

> Hi Rick,
> 
> I'm not a ferroresonant transformer expert but have
> had several over the
> years.  All of the caps were oil filled paper types
> and I imagine were
> spec'd for fairly high continuous current.  The caps
> on the transformers
> from IBM computer systems all were rated at 550VAC
> or a little more and as
> I recall all of the xfrmrs were made by Acme in Cuba
> NY.  Probably not the
> Acme that Wile E. Coyote buys from.  Mine were all
> from the 60's and 70's
> and must all have been PCB filled.  Somebody else's
> problem now as they
> were too heavy to move.
+++++++++
I remember seeing those there, I used to sweep the
floor there as one of my many summer jobs.  That
company has changed a LOT since I worked there.  Much
of it was bought by Tracewell several years ago.

http://www.acmeelec.com/aerospace/about.htm

joe

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