Re: Capacitor problems

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• Subject: Re: Capacitor problems
• From: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com
• Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 12:18:18 -0400

In a message dated 96-05-18 00:13:08 EDT, you write:

>
>The curious thing about this failure is that Ed said that the line 
>current was near zero. Boy has that got me wondering. I once had an
>old oil-filled unit go o/c due to the thin lead-in wires eventually 
>giving up after a prolonged run. I admit I can't see that happening
>to units with these ratings, but who knows?
>
>Malcolm
>
>

Malcom,

That is correct, the line current was at somewhere around 18 amps and the pig
input voltage was at 175 volts.  Then all of a sudden, the gaps almost
stopped firing (very weak and sporadic), the current dropped to a few amps
and the line voltage went up to 240 volts.  - Whatever happened, the load
went away.

Ed Sonderman

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