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Old July 14th 05, 08:56 PM
Michael A. Terrell
 
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Doug Smith W9WI wrote:

Ken Scharf wrote:
The filter caps were 10 330uf 450v computer grade units in series, each


Probably dumb (and WAY off topic) question:

What's the *intended* purpose of a 450v "computer grade" capacitor?

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Doug Smith W9WI
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They were used on the input side of large switching supplies for
minicomputers, and some later mainframes. I pulled about 100 of them
from the multiple switching supplies in an Amdal mainframe about 10 or
12 years ago.

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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida