Capacitors - some surprises (for me)

[ppppenguin]

When I visited the Crystal Palace transmitter while the analogue kit was being decommissioned I was able to acquire a few bits. Alas they didn't let me take a ruddy great capacitor. I think it was almost 2 feet tall, and something like 10" x 6". I don't remember the rating but possibly quite a few uF at 30kV. It was stored with a shorting wire across the terminals.

I think the reason they didn't let me take it was because it was believed to contain PCBs. Hence hazardous waste.