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Re: GE run cap question



Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Steve,

You should have no problem at all running these caps in parallel.  I forget the
advantage of having two in a single can but they can be used together or
separately as you please.

Cheers,
        
        Terry


At 10:01 PM 11/18/2001 -0800, you wrote: 
>
> I have a number of GE motor run caps which I plan to use for various purposes
> such as RSG phase shifting and pole pig PFC. Each of these capacitors is a
> can which actually contains 2 capacitors. One is 10 uF and the other is 45
> uF. One connection is common between the 2 caps. I would like to parallel the
> 2 internal caps to allow each can to yield 55 uF. Is there any problem with
> this? Both internal caps are rated at 370 VAC. I would then like to parallel
> several of the cans so that in effect, I would be paralleling a group of 10
> uF and 45 uF caps.