Mouser.com will have them a lot cheaper! A 330pF ceramic cap at 6KV only
costs 73 cents!
Jerry W5JH
"building something without experimenting is just solder practice"
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
k3miy@csonline.net
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 11:54 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Fw: Need Caps for Titan II Please
Bob and others
On pg 43 of the latest RF Parts catalog, there are 300 PF\7.5KV caps for
less than 20 bucks.
ron
K3MIY
Quoting Cecil <chacuff@cableone.net>:
> I would start at RF parts...
>
> They normally keep a decent supply...
>
> Cecil
> K5DL
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Apr 11, 2013, at 9:53 AM, "Bob Good" <k4bg@planters.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > From: Bob Good
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 15:26
> > To: Tentec@contesting.com ; Amp Reflector
> > Subject: Need Caps for Titan II Please
> >
> > I own a T-T Model 416 Titan II Amp and having a problem. It started
> > with
> an burning arc located at the bottom of the 160 / 80 Meter coil at the
> junction of the 1/4 inch tubing coil. It carboned the bottom of the
> coil form. I removed the one chassis mount and reconnected the two
> coils soldering the junction. I have not a clue as to what caused the
problem.
> All functional parameters seemed fine. HV without RF drive, no arc.
> start applying power and buzzzzz and stinky smoke. In the process of
> my clumsy attempt at repair I assume I moved two of the ceramic
> loading caps to where they arced to the screw post on the tuning
> variable cap resulting in another stinky arc which apparently cooked
> the caps. When I cleared the caps by folding them back towards the PC
board, I have no arc but no output either.
> I hope the only damage is the two caps which are C-6 and C-8 on the
> Load capacitor shunt board each 320 pf. A call to Paul at T-T produced no
joy.
> They do not have the c
> ap
> > s. Therefore.... does anyone have a couple of suitable caps I
> > might
> purchase or information as to where to go to find them? Any
> additional comments would also be much appreciated. Thanks for reading
and your help.
> (All info correct on QRZ) Regards, Bob K4BG.
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