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Re: Blown Rolled "Hull" Capacitor Discussion




>>From pop-at-cats.ucsc.edu Tue Mar 26 11:12 MST 1996

>On Mon, 25 Mar 1996 14:30:11 +0700 you wrote:
>
>>I just blew my second cap:(
>>

>Jim, how tightly are you rolling these caps?  What is the inside
>diameter?  Mine (done with 60mil) is 2" or less.  It was very
>difficult to get those first few turns going.  I had my girlfriend
>help me get it started and then she slipped the zip ties on while I
>held the thing down.  I will look at them again today when I go to
>work and get some more accurate dimensions.  The reason I ask is that
>mine are wound so tight that I can't imagine the plates being able to
>shift.  Or is this due somehow to the burn out?
>
Mark,
	you'll have seen my later posts by now. The plates had not
sliped. They were to about 5.8" O.D. to fit inside 6" PCV pipe.

	jim