Triple nit....

What EXACTLY do you do as an AC tech, other than rip people of with your
untrained antics?


"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
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Doublenit.

How do you pass too much current through a cap? The cap is rated for some
number of farads -- hard to improve on that.

You're right that a 330 volt cap might let the magic white smoke out, if
it
were used in place of a 370.

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"gerry" wrote in message
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[original post is likely clipped to save bandwidth]
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 09:37:58 -0500, Thund3rstruck_N0i
wrote:


Minor correction:

The voltage rating is actually when arcing would occur between the
plates
of the capacitor, vaporizing any elecrolytic or insultaing material
between
them...


Almost correct, this is a nit. The rating is the minimum voltage the
device is designed not damage the insulation under_design_conditions. Too
much current through the cap and it will fry independent of voltage rating


Motor start and run caps _usually_ are of similar design. But it is
extremely unwise not to use one of the rating matching the original.
Stormin's proclamation that a 33V cap is interchangeable with a 370V unit
might just blow smoke.

gerry

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