[rescue] Big Caps

[Andrew Weiss]

On Thursday, July 4, 2002, at 10:28 PM, Scott Newell wrote:
>
> 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
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480 VAC sounds like the stuff inside the "Danger 480 Volts" panels on 
the Metro North Railroad trains... maybe they would use capacitors that 
big.

-Andrew
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