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sparky99
Fri Sept 05 2008, 01:15AM Print
sparky99 Registered Member #1159 Joined: Fri Dec 07 2007, 02:10AM
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Picked up a box of these at a recent ham radio flea market, Sprague 430P, .01 uF @ 10,000 VDC. Any good for T/C use ?

Thanks.
bob
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Seoul_lasers
Fri Sept 05 2008, 01:24AM
Seoul_lasers Registered Member #1630 Joined: Sat Aug 09 2008, 11:36AM
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hmm, what is the dielectric made of. if it is mica, then I would say no. Polyproylene foil then ok.

I don't know about this particular capacitor.
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sparky99
Fri Sept 05 2008, 01:36AM
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They are metal / poly caps.

bob
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Seoul_lasers
Fri Sept 05 2008, 04:06AM
Seoul_lasers Registered Member #1630 Joined: Sat Aug 09 2008, 11:36AM
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sparky99 wrote ...

They are metal / poly caps.

bob

Polyethylene or Polystyrene or Polypropylene? which is it? Sorry but poly is a wide term.
are these self healing ? --- update
Well, have to tell you that these Sprague 430Ps are NO GOOD as they are Polyester and are not TC durable. Polyester is very poor with high frequency.
Polyethylene is fine and Polypropylene is not bad either (but not as durable to heating)
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Herr Zapp
Fri Sept 05 2008, 07:56PM
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Sparky -

Unfortunately the 430P series rolled film caps use polyester (Mylar) dielectric which is very lossy (heats up) at high frequencies. Also, they use metallized polyester as the plates, he end terminations are also not very robust. These last two factors won't handle high-current pulses like the C-D 942 series can. The 430P caps are designed for low-current application like coupling, bypassing, and low-ripple DC filtering, not for any kind of pulse-dicsharge work.

Regards,
Herr Zapp
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sparky99
Fri Sept 05 2008, 11:10PM
sparky99 Registered Member #1159 Joined: Fri Dec 07 2007, 02:10AM
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Hmmmm........not such a good deal sad Maybe I could use them in a Marx generator?


Bob
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