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tubman · 05-25-2020, 07:47 PM

A longer lead does add to the capacitance. If you look at a high-end condenser tester, it will have special short leads to be used when testing condensers for exactly this reason. Most Mallory distributors have a brass strap for connecting the condensers. Even with all of that, it probably doesn't make enough difference to be concerned about.

Given all of that, if you are making a longer condenser lead, use at least 12 gauge wire (10 is even better but sometimes a little unwieldly).

05-25-2020, 07:47 PM	#7
tubman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Minnesota, Florida Keys Posts: 10,319	Re: condenser re-locating to coil A longer lead does add to the capacitance. If you look at a high-end condenser tester, it will have special short leads to be used when testing condensers for exactly this reason. Most Mallory distributors have a brass strap for connecting the condensers. Even with all of that, it probably doesn't make enough difference to be concerned about. Given all of that, if you are making a longer condenser lead, use at least 12 gauge wire (10 is even better but sometimes a little unwieldly).