Rich says:
>I like to limit the peak current in each cap. to 1A,
You can tell if you're running them too hard - the wax tends to run out!
Typically, a 1000pF disc with 3/8 inch leads is resonant around 35MHz.
A 0.1 microfarad foil and film type with 1/2 inch leads comes out around 3
to 4MHz, depending on type.
It's still surprises me (maybe it wouldn't Rich) at the number of
professinals who use capacitors at 2GHz that are far too big - like 1000pF,
so the board track resonates it way down below 500MHz.
73
Peter G3RZP
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