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[AMPS] Vacuum Capacitor Voltage Rating

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Subject: [AMPS] Vacuum Capacitor Voltage Rating
From: 2@vc.net (measures)
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 23:14:48 -0800
>
>I have a vacuum cap that was pulled from an old homebrew amp that
>I picked up in Florida a few years ago. The part number markings on the 
>cap are as follows:
>            
>                        Jennings Type "UCSX"
>                         C746749 C1825
>                         20 to 675 MMFD
>
>Scratched into the copper outer cylinder is the following:
>
>                           UCSX-740                    
>
>The cap is about 8" long (from shaft coupler to back end) and about
>3 1/2" in diameter. Is there any way to tell what the voltage rating is 
>for this part short of doing a hi-pot test?
>
no.  I have seen brand new, out of the box vacuum capacitors that had 
leaky seals.  

-  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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