Re: cheap way to test "doorknob" capacitors? (fwd)

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Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 06:25:18 -0700
From: Graham Christensen <voltage@xxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: cheap way to test "doorknob" capacitors? (fwd)

Just hook them up to a nst or obit and put a spark gap in parallel with
them. If it gives off a very loud and very bright spark, then they're
working. :-)

Graham


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Subject: cheap way to test "doorknob" capacitors? (fwd)


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> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 00:08:42 -0500
> From: Jack Vandam <snotoir7674g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: cheap way to test "doorknob" capacitors?
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> I have just come across an assortment of used doorknob capacitors.  Since
I
> don't know whether or not they work, I would like to test them.  What
would
> be a simple way of doing this?
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> Thanks,
> Jack
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