What Al said! Shaun Advanced Electronics Fort Morgan, CO 80701 (970) 867-3124 satguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "al m" <ampm@xxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 9:14 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Capacitors > > The only way to solve this is to use the right cap. Don't start another > bullshit topic where everybody has his own advise, > al marquardt > ampm@xxxxxxx > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Al Gutz" <alg@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 11:05 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Capacitors > > > > > > The voltage accually of each cap should equal the required voltage. The > > DC resistace of an electro is very low. You will see numerous arguments > > about this, to satisfy yourself just dissasemble a commercially made NP > > cap. > > > > Al G > > > > Gary McCartney wrote: > > > > > > You can join two polarized caps together in series, either positive to > > > positive or negative to negative. The cap must be twice the value in uF > > > as the original cap and can be half the voltage rating or higher as the > > > the original. > > > > > > Please note that there has been some very technical reports written up > > > on these email lists, where a knowledgable technician has described that > > > installing two caps back to back in series can eventually cause harm to > > > the capacitors. There are also ideas where diodes are placed across each > > > cap to prevent reverse charges but I can't recall how these would be > > > wired in. I probably still have that write-up somewhere on my hard > > > drive. If anyone seriously wants to read it, I will hunt for it. > > > > > > Mouton's Electronics wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > My father who has been in the buisness for over 30yrs had an > interesting idea. I have a tv that will require a NP capacitor and Dad seems > to remember that it was possible to make a NP out of 2 polorized capacitors. > He, however, doesn't remember how to do it. My question is, is it possible > to do and how? I hardly remeber this being a possibility from school and > like most shops don't stock a variety of NP capacitors. > > > > > > ******* ATTENTION, PLEASE ******** > > > > > > I have a new email address. 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