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RadxD461
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My 24 MDF 400 volt ac capacitor just blew up on me when I turned on my 400 watt mercury vapor lamp. I was wondering if I can use a 25 MDF 440 V capacitor instead. Will that work?

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Alex
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feel free to ask questions

Hello,
yes it should be okay, most capacitors anyway have a ±5% tolerance.

best regards

Alex

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Mandolin Girl
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I agree with Alex, that capacitor will be fine.

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dor123
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What is your ballast: HX or CWA (HX don't requires the capacitor for proper operation as CWA requires)?

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I"m don't speak English well, and rely on online translating to write in this site.
Please forgive me if my choice of my words looks like offensive, while that isn't my intention.

I only working with the international date format (dd.mm.yyyy).

I lives in Israel, which is a 220-240V, 50hz country.

Rommie
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With the capacitor being rated at 400V, it's more than likely a CWA ballast. Even if it isn't, it's good practice to ensure the power factor is as high as possible, even if it isn't strictly speaking required.

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Quote from: dor123 on April 09, 2022, 03:53:28 AM

What is your ballast: HX or CWA (HX don't requires the capacitor for proper operation as CWA requires)?

CWA

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joseph_125
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24uF 400V is the typical capacitor rating for 400w MH probe start CWA ballasts. It's also uncommon to see a 400w probe start MH ballast here that isn't a CWA.

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Rommie
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Am I the only one here who puts the proper symbol µ in when saying microfarad..?

Ok, I'm not really serious and I know what it means when people just use a u, but my OCD kicks in sometimes

Oh Perry, it's MFD if you're using caps, not MDF, that's something they make shelves out of

I'll get me coat...

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joseph_125
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Heh, it's mostly because the keyboard I have doesn't have a keypad which means I can't use alt codes for the symbols (not that I remember the codes anyway) and copying and pasting is a bit tedious for short replies.

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Mandolin Girl
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The Alt codes don't work here, I've just tried but the one for µ is 00B5, which can be followed by [alt] + x to get it to work or type that code into the search box on the character map to bring it up.

Hope that helps.

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