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    • Posts Tagged ‘Oil-filled capacitors’

    Capacitors

    Monday, February 9th, 2009

    With Magnetic HID ballasts (i.e. Metal Halide Ballast Kits), (175 Watt and Up) capacitors are required to improve the power factor. This allows the number of light bulbs that can be operated on a circuit nearly doubles (more fixtures can be put on one line). In large projects, power factor correction (HPF) is also required [...]

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    Category C- D | Tags: Tags: Capacitors, Dry-Film capacitors, Oil-filled capacitors,

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