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Capacitor Info Needed
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Capacitor Info Needed

Capacitor Info Needed

(OP)
Our electrical engineer is a digital guy, knows nothing about start and run capacitors.  The caps we need to specify and purchase are:
270-324 MFD @ 330 VAC
216-259 MFD @ 330 VAC
130-154 MFD @ 330 VAC
30 microF, 35 microF, and 45 microF all at @ 370 VAC
and others also.

Question 1 - What are the items to look for in terms of quality, durability, etc.  We see plastic cases, metal cases, larger and smaller, but no other information seems to be available.

Question 2 - Where can we purchase these in volumes of 50 at a time?

Would appreciate the help much.


PUMPDESIGNER

RE: Capacitor Info Needed

(OP)
Just in case you guys need to know,
We are building start systems with run capacitors for single phase submersible motors, 2 hp through 15 hp.

PUMPDESIGNER

RE: Capacitor Info Needed

(OP)
Those were good links busbar.
Thank you.

PUMPDESIGNER

RE: Capacitor Info Needed

Try the following link

www.evox-rifa.com

I have found their products to perform well in some demanding applications.



Do it right, or don't do it at all.

RE: Capacitor Info Needed

Suggestion: Visit
http://www.thomasregister.com
and type Capacitors: Motor Start under Product or Service, which will return 23 companies to approach to

RE: Capacitor Info Needed

Suggestions marked ///\\\
Question 1 - What are the items to look for in terms of quality, durability, etc.
///Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), Life-Expectancy, Life-Cycle, etc.\\\
  We see plastic cases, metal cases, larger and smaller, but no other information seems to be available.
///These are more technological aspects linked to manufacturing, material science, etc. Answers may be proprietary to some extent.\\\
Question 2 - Where can we purchase these in volumes of 50 at a time?
///Visit the Thomas Register link that I posted above, and other links posted above.\\\

RE: Capacitor Info Needed

(OP)
ScottyUK,
Tried that link, no worky.
Tried obvious word combinations of evox riva on Google, no return.

PUMPDESIGNER

RE: Capacitor Info Needed

Hi Pumpdesigner,

This was copied out of my browser address bar:

http://www.evox-rifa.com/index.php

Sorry for missing the http:// off the front end.

-----------------------------------

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RE: Capacitor Info Needed

Gotta love the humor in your last line there Scotty!

RE: Capacitor Info Needed

ABB is another good choice for capacitors. They had bought one of the larger manufacturers a few years ago (the old name now escapes me). They have great inside tech assistance and competitve pricing.

http://www.abb.com/us

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