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Re: Halloween night, CP cap {con,de}struction
Yeah, I had a 1/2" safety gap across the cap. I think I'll give CP a call
just to let them know that they blew. I can't expect them to replace them
and won't even mention it, but if they volunteer, I won't say no :-)
Chip
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Chip Atkinson
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On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Tesla List wrote:
> Original Poster: "Edward J. Wingate" <ewing7-at-frontiernet-dot-net>
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> Tesla List wrote:
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> > Original Poster: Chip Atkinson <chip-at-pupman-dot-com>
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> > In conclusion, the excitement of having the coil work well for once and
> > for a long time has outweighed the loss of the caps. I'm going to expand
> > the under coil box to accomodate four home made rolled caps and am pretty
> > well through with commercial caps.
> >
> > BTW, I estimate that I was running at about 500 breaks/sec (6 electrodes
> > turning at about 5000rpm, and somewhere between 10,500 and 11,500 volts,
> > based on the variac settings. (Didn't get to check on the voltage meter
> > because of the excitement. :-)
> >
> > Chip
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> > Chip Atkinson
> > http://www.pupman-dot-com
> > --- If I can't fix it, I can fix it so it can't be fixed --
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> Chip,
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> Sorry to here of the demise of two caps in one night! I'm glad the
> safety precautions worked out and the only loss was the capacitors.
>
> Were you running any safety gaps on those caps? Just curious.
>
> Ed Wingate RATCB
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