Capacitor help

[Chris a]

Anyone have an idea of where to get that capacitor shown? Marcon is the manuf.

 

[Minder]

My choice in N.A. is DigiKey.
There should be quite a few selections on their site.
If you notice, there is a black bar at one end, this is the ground or chassis connection end.
Looks like it may be a suppression cap.
M.

 

[davenn]

Anyone have an idea of where to get that capacitor shown? Marcon is the manuf.

0,1 uF 500V are pretty readily available .... a polypropylene would e the style today

eg

https://www.mouser.com/productdetai...GAEpiMZZMsh%2b1woXyUXj3oLuWhYQ4Tkp65qog5RLyA=

 

[Chris a]

Thank you

 

[AnalogKid]

Interesting assembly. What is it?

ak

 

[Chris a]

It's the base assembly for an Olympus phase contrast microscope. It was impressive when the capacitor let the smoke out of it. Scared the guy using the scope pretty good.

 

[AnalogKid]

That capacitor type doesn't look particularly new to me. If you have a clear idea of its use, application, applied voltage, etc. there probably is a more reliable part to use.

ak