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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? -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com |
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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? -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com 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. -- Link to my "Computers for disabled Veterans" project website deleted after threats were telephoned to my church. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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What's the *intended* purpose of a 450v "computer grade" capacitor? ==================== Switch mode power suppplies ?? Frank GM0CSZ / KN6WH |
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"Highland Ham" ) writes: What's the *intended* purpose of a 450v "computer grade" capacitor? ==================== Switch mode power suppplies ?? Frank GM0CSZ / KN6WH I thought "computer grade" was either a marketing name, or at the very most defined a certain design of capacitor. In other words, they weren't designed for computers, but saw a lot of use in them. They weren't cheap electrolytics of the type you'd see in the average consumer equipment of thirty years ago. You'd see them promoted in the surplus ads, and the ones I remember were metal-cased, and had screw terminals for connections. I still have one around I bought at a hamfest for a 12V power supply. It was about 10,000uF (which was a fairly large size capacitor circa 1973 or so), had a voltage rating of about 16volts, and was the size of a can of coke. Obviously a lot more impressive than the average electrolytic of the day. So once you had that style, it wasn't whether they were used in computers or not, so of course you could have high voltage "computer grade" capacitors. I have no idea if it was a marketing ploy, "hey those are used in computers [which were still uncommon at the time, and usually big and very expensive], they must be good capacitors", or if there was something about their design that made them better than the average electrolytic of the time. Michael VE2BVW |
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