Hi again- Trying to identify if this is a safety capacitor or not. the 2KV rating and blue body makes me think it is, but.... I would think the crimpled leads would not be crimped--



Any help appreciated.

 

Appears to be a HV ceramic, 0.001μF

 

Likely just a standard HV cap like these types I use.

https://product.tdk.com/info/en/catalog/datasheets/leaddisc_commercial_cc45_en.pdf

 

I would think the crimpled leads would not be crimped-

Those crimps as you call them are to keep the cap body off of the PCB until soldered. They were first needed when pick and place machines and wave soldering came into use. Without the crimps the leads could go all the way down to the PCB surface, something not really wanted.

 

Kinky

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Those crimps as you call them are to keep the cap body off of the PCB until soldered. They were first needed when pick and place machines and wave soldering came into use. Without the crimps the leads could go all the way down to the PCB surface, something not really wanted.

Thanks- I know why they are crimped (as you stated), I just was thinking that Safety Cap would not have the leads get near each other like that, so I think that helps confirm what others are saying- it's just an HV cap, not safety.

Thank you _everyone_!

 

Kinky
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Thanks for this- I've added this to my reference folder.

 

Thanks- I know why they are crimped (as you stated), I just was thinking that Safety Cap would not have the leads get near each other like that, so I think that helps confirm what others are saying- it's just an HV cap, not safety.

Thank you _everyone_!

FYI, here’s a figure from a Kemet document

(https://sh.kemet.com/Lists/FileStore/900 Series Product Training Module.pdf)

on X and Y class capacitors.