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Re: Blown Rolled "Hull" Capacitor Discussion
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To: tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com
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Subject: Re: Blown Rolled "Hull" Capacitor Discussion
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From: jim.fosse-at-bdt-dot-com (Jim Fosse)
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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 06:20:16 GMT
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>>From pop-at-cats.ucsc.edu Tue Mar 26 11:12 MST 1996
>On Mon, 25 Mar 1996 14:30:11 +0700 you wrote:
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>>I just blew my second cap:(
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>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?
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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