> Here is the story ,, at a recent hamfest I purchased a Hunter
>2000 c
>* Bandit * .
Please don't take offense, but this sounds like a Chicken Band Amp? (From
the name).
> Finding the right filter capacitors was
>difficult , the
>originals are 140 MF at 475v ( 6 total ). I was only able to locate this type
>of
>cap at 450v and replaced them with these. The total voltage of these
>capacitors
>is now about the same as the plate voltage 2700v. I know from an engineering
>view this is terrible ,, but ,, will it work ?
Uhh....I wouldn't run a circuit where my caps have no margin above my
working voltage. That's scary. Especially when running in the KV region.
I would try to increase my voltage rating on the caps somehow. Probably
by adding more caps in series to increase the voltage rating (you may
have to then add more caps in parallel to bring up the value of C).
73,
Jon
KE9NA
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Jon Ogden
jono@enteract.com
www.qsl.net/ke9na
"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
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