Broadcast Capacitors

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Subject: Broadcast Capacitors
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Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 00:09:45 -0600
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Subject: 
            Broadcast Capacitors
       Date: 
            Wed, 26 Mar 1997 08:03:27 +1200
       From: 
            "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
Organization: 
            Wellington Polytechnic, NZ
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            tesla-at-pupman-dot-com


Hello all,
             I have come by a bunch of capacitors surplus to some 
broadcasting outfit (TV I think). The manufacturer is "Sangamo". The 
values range from 0.001uF to around 0.0056uF. Peak voltages on the 
units range from 4 kV for the larger capacitance to 6kV for the 
smallest. The casing is brown and cylindrical, dimensions 50mm 
diameter x 50mm high (2" x 2"). Quoted currents on the cases are in 
Amps RMS at 1000kc (1MHz). Does anyone have info on these? I am 
interested in the dielectric and possible suitability for discharge 
applications. They look like ideal tuning caps for tube/transistor 
coil.

Malcolm