[rescue] Big Caps

[Scott Newell]

>> The theatre at Rice uses banks upon banks of capacitors at about that
>> rating in dimmer modules for the three-phase lighting system.
>
>Must either be way old, or way new.

I don't believe it.  All the farad sized caps I've ever seen are polarized
and very low voltage--think 2-5 volts, not 480 VAC.  Why would you need the
much energy storage in a light dimmer?  Even power factory correction banks
for large factories with lots of rotating iron don't need farad sized caps.


newell