Re: Ampliphone HV -- Now Working !

Christopher X. Candreva wrote:

>Thanks again to Rodger Boots for suggesting checking C8. My ampliphone is
>now working.
>
>One word of warning: If you aren't paying attention and order the Panasonic
>.033uf 1.6kv cap, it'll cost you $2.91 each. Which is fine if you are
>trying to make the $25 DigiKey minimum order :-)
>
>Otherwise make sure you get the BC part, BC1988-ND, for $0.93 each.
>
>So for $2.00 extra, just what is a Metallized Polypropylene as opposed to a
>plain-old Polypropylene ?
>
>

A heavier duty part. Wow, a 1600 volt capacitor. Takes me back to the
days of tube type car radios with vibrator power supplies. They used a
1600 volt capacitor across the secondary of the power transformer
(called a "buffer capacitor"). I'm really showing my age now, some of
these were 6 volt radios!

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Received on Tue Apr 15 01:22:41 2003