Re: Broadcast Capacitors

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Subject: Re: Broadcast Capacitors
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 22:08:36 -0600
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Subject: 
            Re: Broadcast Capacitors
       Date: 
            Fri, 28 Mar 1997 14:55:33 -0800
       From: 
            Skip Greiner <sgreiner-at-wwnet-dot-com>
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            Greiner, Ltd.
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            Tesla List <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
> >
> >
> 
>  
Hi Malcolm

If those caps have stud terminals on the top they are probably micas. I
use about 12 of them in the TC which I drive with  a 12kv-at-60ma neon and
they work great. Good find.

Skip