Re: [Amps] More Capacitors vs LC filters

[Ron Youvan <ka4inm@gmail.com>]

   Alek Petkovic wrote:

> I get very nervous having my Ameritron AL-1500 sitting here less than 2
> ft away from me, especially at start up time.

> It has 8 x 450V electrolytics in series and the plate voltage meter reads
> exactly 3600V. They are running at 100%!

> 73, livin' on the edge, Alek. VK6APK

   There is a difference between the "maximum" and the "working" Voltage rating 
of a capacitor.
-- 
    73 Ron KA4INM - All E-mail sent to this address shall linger in the Google 
cloud forever!
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