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In Reply to: RE: Not Safe posted by jea48 on August 12, 2016 at 14:01:35
I have edited my OP on this issue. I shouldn't have been able to since it is so old and there have been responses. Don't know what's up with that. I did not edit the language in the original post. Aerovox dry type (and oil type) lighting caps are continuous use caps. The tutorials say that shock risk is not a concern with across the line caps and there is a fire danger upon failure in short mode. You can read the exact language in a number of spots. Don't understand the leakage thing in relation to across line caps in failure as a short. Self healing would reduce that risk along with being fused. There are other types of caps that have increased protection from internal shorts. Even Type X safety caps can catch fire and are or can be described as self extinguishing. Maybe they should not be used either? Zero risk with the use of capacitors across the AC does not exist. Tweaker
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I have edited my OP on this issue. I shouldn't have been able to since it is so old and there have been responses. Don't know what's up with that.
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Posted by Tweaker456 (A) on August 13, 2016 at 08:29:04
Up until recently there has always been a time limit and once someone replied you could not edit the post. The edit and delete go away. I'm not quite sure what you are talking about. If it were not the case anyone could just change anything they said and it would be unworkable. No discussion would have any merit.
Again,The AA program does not have a time limit or a limit after a response has been posted. I think after a thread has been archived the post can not be edited.
As for the specific caps you are using it would have helped if you would have provided a Link to a site showing the specs for the caps you have.
There are some lighting caps that are made to be connected across the line. There are others that are made to be placed in series with the winding of the ballast. (LC, Inductor/capacitor, circuit.)
http://www.lampholder.net/lampholders/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/high-pressure-sodium-ballasts-wire-diagram.gif
I believe in all cases the cap is there mainly to correct PF, Power factor.Some AC capacitors not only are used to correct PF but also will raise the line voltage. You might want to check the line voltage at the equipment you are using the caps on without the caps connected and then with the caps connected.
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Up until recently there has always been a time limit and once someone replied you could not edit the post. The edit and delete go away. I'm not quite sure what you are talking about. If it were not the case anyone could just change anything they said and it would be unworkable. No discussion would have any merit.
When I saw I had made a mistake. It's the Subject line you can't edit.
I just edited my previous post.
Check the edit date below the page on my previous post.
Of course you must login, upper right hand corner of the page, before you can edit a post.
You can not delete a post after someone has posted to your post. You can not delete a post after 24 hours.
Signing is is a good idea. Why didn't I think of that. Now my OP in this thread can be edited but no longer deleted. Looks like you can't edit after a certain amount of time.
So I signed in and at first it looked like I couldn't edit post. Now everything seems to come up with edit delete. Many times before when this has happened and I tried to edit a post it would say nice try and wouldn't let me do it because it was already answered or to old?? Why should you be able to completely change a post after it's been out for awhile or was already responded to??
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