[Amps] tank coil heating

[Partain, Chuck]

another box of stuff to bring back from dayton :)

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From: Bill Turner [mailto:dezrat at copper.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 9:42 AM
To: Partain, Chuck; amps at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] tank coil heating


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At 04:54 PM 5/10/2006, Partain, Chuck wrote:

>are these suitable for what I am doing? hell, its 30kv! why warm?

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Voltage rating has nothing to do with current carrying capacity, as 
you have learned. Get a capacitor rated for the expected current, or 
better yet, an air or vacuum type, both of which have essentially 
unlimited current capacity at amateur power levels.

Bill, W6WRT