Hi guys,
I used my plasma cutter today and one of the capacitors I've previously replaced has blown again, its a high voltage (3kV) disk ceramic capacitor and is between the pilot arc terminal and on the other end of the choke with ferrite core (similar to non pilot arc cut50's) that connects to the torch connection on the front of the machine. just wondering if I can either use a higher voltage capacitor, or will that cause other issues (or cause me to electrocute myself). if I can use a higher voltage, can I use 2 3kv capacitors in series (to work in the same way as 6kv capacitor). I cant see any other damage on the circuit boards.
I used my plasma cutter today and one of the capacitors I've previously replaced has blown again, its a high voltage (3kV) disk ceramic capacitor and is between the pilot arc terminal and on the other end of the choke with ferrite core (similar to non pilot arc cut50's) that connects to the torch connection on the front of the machine. just wondering if I can either use a higher voltage capacitor, or will that cause other issues (or cause me to electrocute myself). if I can use a higher voltage, can I use 2 3kv capacitors in series (to work in the same way as 6kv capacitor). I cant see any other damage on the circuit boards.