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
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.

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Michael A. Terrell
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