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Re: Power Factor Capacitor -- Was -- RE:   schematics...AdamSmith's
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Subject: Re: Power Factor Capacitor -- Was -- RE:   schematics...AdamSmith's 
 
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From: "Adam" <adamsmith@mediaone.net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla@uswest.net>) 
 
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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 06:38:31 -0700 
 
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> Original Poster: "Mike Nolley" <mnolley@mail.slc.edu>
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> Just a thought:  would it be possible to simply use 2 electrolytics and
> rectify them using two 300V, 30A diodes?  One would charge during one
> phase, the other during the other phase.  Or would this lead to a
> doubler effect?
? I'm not sure what schematic you're invisioning, but you've probably either
got: 1) A circuit where the caps could never discharge once charged, or 2)
anti-parallel diodes that effectively cancel each other out.
-Adam
adamsmith@mediaone.net