Re: Newark ebay capacitor: primary tank capacitor?

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Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com> 

alright, but these are designed to absorb RF energy in the since of
"filtering" I beleive. So it might work. I guess testing will be the answer.
Thanks for the conversionary helps and the radio shack tip goes without
saying.

---Eric
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Subject: Re: Newark ebay capacitor: primary tank capacitor?


 > Original poster: John <fireba8104-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 > Nope, I believe it's a filter cap.I see tons of these advertised as such.
I
 > made the same mistake with radio shack caps(DON'T TRUST RADIO SHACK
 > EMPLOYEES! THEY DON"T HAVE A CLUE!).
 > Milli to micro -- Milli *1000
 > micro to nano -- micro* 1000
 > nano to pico -- nano*1000
 >
 > pico to micro -- pico/1000000 ( 1000^2)
 >
 > see a pattern
 >
 > Testing outlets with my finger in N.J.
 > John
 >
 > Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "Hydrogen18"
 >
 >
http://cgi.ebay-dot-com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2597989262&category=4662
 >
 > could that capacitor(in series obviously) handle the stresses of primary
 > tank capacitor duties? Also, can some1 point me to reference so I can
 > convert uf to nf, pf and uf, and so on? I know 10^-9 is nano and 10^-6 is
 > micro but that doesnt mean much to a mid class geometry student.
 >
 >
 >