RE: Maxwell 37667 pulse caps

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>

Yes, I had exactly the same experience using .03uF with a 15/60 NST.
With a static gap, .03 is just too big.  Too bad you just can't slice
off a third of it on a table saw - .02 worked out perfectly.  Of course,
the .03 would be perfect with a sync RSG...

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA

> Original poster: otmaskin5@xxxxxxx
>
> For what it's worth, I was "suckered" into buying one.  I've run it
> quite a bit on a 15/60 system and it never blew up & it has kept on
> working.  The only thing that caused me a problem was an erratic
> current draw blowing a lot of fuses.  OTOH the cap is about 3X res
> which might have been the reason for pulling a lot of current -
> maybe?  Anyway, that's been my experience.  Dennis Hopkinton MA