RE: Caps in Monitors and Ovens

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Original poster: "Vanderputten, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gvp-at-pvaintl-dot-com>

Are the caps on Microwave ovens useful for primary cap service?

Gary

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Subject:	Re: Caps in Monitors

Original poster: "Jon Tebbs by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<jgtebbs-at-eos-dot-net>

Hi Gregg,

Take a close look at the larger capacitors around the flyback transformer.
There you should find
at least one capacitor rated somewhere around 1600 to 2000 VDC. The values
are typically in the
neighborhood of 47 to 68 nF. Best of all, they tend to be made of
polypropylene.

Cheers,
-- 
Jon G. Tebbs
<jgtebbs-at-eos-dot-net>



Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Gregg Adams by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<network-at-nexband-dot-com>
> 
> Hey all,
>     Today I was scavenging any good parts out of a blown monitor and
found some
> interesting things.  I found some very large rectifiers and some nice
caps.
> The caps seem to be made by "Teapo" and are 0.47uf -at- 275v.  What a shame
these
> aren't rated at 2kv or so;~))  Any chance there would be some large
caps(2kv)
> in some monitors or tv's?
>    Well it was exciting till I read the specs on the cap :(
> 
> And on goes the quest for the cheaper cap!