[Amps] The power of an oversized electrolytic capacitor / overkill

[Leigh Turner]

I agree Rob; a fraction of that massive HV PS capacitance would create an
unperceivable difference in the Tx performance and signal at a distant Rx
station :-)

Leigh
VK5KLT

-----Original Message-----
From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Rob Atkinson
Sent: Saturday, 5 May 2012 8:53 PM
To: Jim Thomson
Cc: amps at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] The power of an oversized electrolytic capacitor

832 uF at 7.7 KV.  No offense, but that's a waste of capacitors.  I
won't get into the stored energy.

73

Rob
K5UJ

On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Jim Thomson <jim.thom at telus.net> wrote:

> ###  BTW,   My latest creation uses  24 x 10,000 uf  @ 450 vdc caps, all 
> in series..
> and charged up to 7700 vdc.   That’s  one bank.    I built a 2nd identical
> bank of 24, and parallel the 2 x banks together... onto a common buss....

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