Since amplifiers that can produce a carrier of 500 KW only operate with 16 KV on the anode, what in the world was the original application for this capacitor?
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I understand that, that's why I figured this baby is for the largest tubes ever made. Unless there is another application I'm overlooking.RF voltages need to be much higher than the normal applied plate voltage. We used to run 1 Kw AM transmitters with 2600 volts on the anode. RF voltage at the 50 ohm common point was around 225 volts however the rating of the tune capacitor in the transmitter itself as well as in the ATU was around 10,000 volts due to the reactance voltages present. Anode blocking caps were anything between 10,000 and 25,000 volts.
thanks ill have a look55 KV?
There's a glass one at Surplus Sales of Nebraska.
https://www.surplussales.com/VaccumVarCaps/VVC5.html
About halfway down the page, his stock # CVV-VMMHC-250-55.
2100 bucks. Down a bit and to the right is a ceramic 55KV cap, but max capacitance is 450pf. 2300 bucks.
No cheap options at this level of performance.
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