Re: Protective Capacitors?

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Original poster: "Goatboy . by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <level5ive-at-hotmail-dot-com>

>Hi Inman... 
> 
>built as they are they wont work for the tank circuit of a coil.... 
>BUT... with some ( well ALOT of ) patience and a disc cutter you can 
>remove the inner packs and series them for a tank circuit cap. BUT be 
>forewarned ... its a messy job the oil REALLY STINKS ( burns the skin 
>a tad on contact) the caps are under pressure from the oil . The tabs 
>used to connect the packs together are a very brittle aluminum alloy. 
>The resistors are high voltage types very nice construction ( about 1.6 
>meg to 16 meg depending on the caps) 
> 
>you will have to drill the cap first to relieve the pressure on the case 
>first.... then cut along the weld line and remove the top. you will 
>find 2 wires coming from the cap to the insulators. also you will have 
>to negotiate your way thru several layers of heavy brown "paper" to get 
>to the packets.... 
> 

>Scot D 

why exactally will they not work as they are ..is it because of the
internal resistor?

and what would be a good use for them as they are?

INMAN