[Amps] Russian HV Supply Capacitors

[Carl]

You only loose a bank of caps once before swearing off "bargains".
Ive nothing against quality brand overstocks or unused surplus with 5 year 
old or so date codes. Most commercial amps use caps with a 20-25 year 
trouble free operation but then its time to spend the money on PM.

I test all incoming caps at actual working voltage with a Sprague TO-6A 
current limited cap tester and then on a bench supply to test at up to 500 
ma. Not a full test but it gives me a fairly warm and fuzzy feeling.

Carl
KM1H



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "peter chadwick" <g8on at fsmail.net>
To: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2014 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Russian HV Supply Capacitors


> It would seem that there are a number of us who are very dubious about 
> such capacitors for this application. In view of the price, I figure that 
> because of both that and the lack of data on ripple current, they are best 
> avoided.
>
> caveat emptor!
>
>
> 73
>
> Peter G3RZP
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