EPCOS B32231 User Manual

Film Capacitors

Metallized Polyester Film Capacitors (MKT)

Series/Type: B32231

Date: August 2004

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Metallized polyester film capacitors (MKT) B32231

General purpose (wound)

Typical applications

Smoothing
Filtering

Climatic

Max. operating temperature: 100 °C
Climatic category (IEC 60068-1): 40/100/21

Construction

Dielectric: polyethylene terephthalate
(polyester, PET)
Flat winding
Insulating sleeve
Face ends sealed with epoxy resin

Terminals

Central axial wire leads, lead-free tinned

Marking

Manufacturer, series number,
rated capacitance (coded),
capacitance tolerance (code letter),
rated DC voltage, date of manufacture (coded)

Delivery mode

Bulk (untaped)

Dimensional drawing

Dimensions in mm

Width w

max

≤6.0 >6.0 ... 13.0

Lead diameter d10.6 0.8

When bending leads take care to leave a
clearance of 1 mm to the capacitor body.

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B32231

General purpose (wound)

Overview of available types

Type B32231
VR(VDC) 100 250 400 630
V

(VAC) 63 160 200 200

rms

CR(µF)

0.10

0.15

0.22

0.33

0.47

0.68

1.0

1.5

2.2

3.3

4.7

6.8

10

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