Re: Neon unpotting dilemma (high power factor)

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• Subject: Re: Neon unpotting dilemma (high power factor)
• From: "Bill Noble" <william_b_noble@email.msn.com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla@uswest.net>)
• Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 06:55:51 -0700
• Approved: twftesla@uswest.net
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are you sure that the cap is a PFC cap and not part of a saturable core
current limit like you find in the Sola transformers?  if the latter,
removing it and not replacing it would not be a good idea

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Subject: RE: Neon unpotting dilemma (high power factor)


> Original Poster: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@compaq.com>
>
> I would guess that your diagnosis - the PFC cap shorting out for some
> reason, is dead-on.  The proof will be when you power it up, minus the bad
> cap.

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