I have to admit that I don't have a very good understanding of capacitors so if this is a really dumb question I appologize.
I know there are a lot of applications that require fairly large capacitor banks, like spot welders and such. From what I've seen, these are usually pretty low voltage caps compared to something like a microwave oven (MWO) cap (2-2.5Kv).
Is it possible to use a number of the HV caps in parallel and then run it through a transformer to supply what is needed for something like a spot welder? I know MWO caps may be an extreme example so let's use something else like 275v or 480v caps run in parallel then through a transformer.
The reason I ask is that I would like to build one of those welders as well as an induction heater and from what I understand they require a fair number of caps and it seems to be a fairly expensive portion of the project. I have collected a lot of higher voltage caps over the years so that is why I'm asking this.
Is any of this possible or am I way off on my thinking here.
I know there are a lot of applications that require fairly large capacitor banks, like spot welders and such. From what I've seen, these are usually pretty low voltage caps compared to something like a microwave oven (MWO) cap (2-2.5Kv).
Is it possible to use a number of the HV caps in parallel and then run it through a transformer to supply what is needed for something like a spot welder? I know MWO caps may be an extreme example so let's use something else like 275v or 480v caps run in parallel then through a transformer.
The reason I ask is that I would like to build one of those welders as well as an induction heater and from what I understand they require a fair number of caps and it seems to be a fairly expensive portion of the project. I have collected a lot of higher voltage caps over the years so that is why I'm asking this.
Is any of this possible or am I way off on my thinking here.