Select a cap or two that has at least twice the current rating.
Carl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Flood" <kk7uv@bresnan.net>
To: <amps@contesting.com>; <rfamplifiers@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 8:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] plate bypass caps
>I did not give enough info. My loading cap is a 2100 pF variable. In
>case
> I need to pad that for tuning 160m, I was thinking of a 500pF padder
> that I
> can switch in. Running through PI-EL again, it looks like 1 to 2 amps
> of
> current would go through the padder.
>
>>From: "Jim W7RY" You have to know the value of the cap to know what
>>the
>>current value is. 7 amps at 420 volts for what value of capacitance?
>
>> From: "Steve KK7UV"
>>>I have quite a few of the old-style transmitting mica caps (C-D,
>>>Sangamo,
>>>Solar, etc.). Are these okay to use in a nearly-legal-limit amp for
>>>either plate-choke bypassing, or antenna load padders? Some of these
>>>are
>>>marked for 2500 working volts.
>
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