Capacitors

Capacitors

Industry: Electrical equipment; Electronic components

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electromagnetic and electronic ballasts

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

An Electromagnetic Ballast (Magnetic Ballast) is one that uses a Core & Coil assembly to transform electrical current to start and operate fluorescent and high intensity discharge (HID) lamps. An ...

emi (electromagnetic interference)

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

Electrical interference (noise) generated by electrical and electronic devices.

esr (equivalent series resistance)

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

A resistive element of the capacitor model found in both the AC and DC domains. Contributing factors: electrodes, leads, dielectric. This value can change with frequency, time, etc. A measure of the ...

farad

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

Unit of capacitance. A farad is defined as the amount of capacitance for which a potential difference of one volt results in a static charge of one coulomb. It has the base SI representation of s4 • ...

film capacitor

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

Made from high quality polymer film (usually polycarbonate, polystyrene, polypropylene, polyester (Mylar), and for high quality capacitors polysulfone), and metal foil or a layer of metal deposited ...

fixed capacitor

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

Fixed Capacitor is constructed in such manner that it possesses a fixed value of capacitance which cannot be adjusted. A fixed capacitor is classified according to the type of material used as its ...