Re: Cap Failure

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• Subject: Re: Cap Failure
• From: Richard Wayne Wall <rwall-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com>
• Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 18:26:05 -0700

You wrote: 
 
> Probably not carbon tracking _thru_ the case in the latest failure,
> since the cap was resting on a thick HDPE sheet. In Richard Wall's 
>case, thru-wall carbon tracking may have been a contributing factor.  
>I've asked him if he had the cap resting on a conductive surface while
> operating the coil. 
> 
> In the latest failure, no obvious cause was apparent, but clearly
> something caused significant pressure rise in the cap. Closer
> examination will be done, and the capacitor will hopefully be
> salvageable.
> 
> -- Bert --

The cap was flat on its side on 1/4" plywood which was on a concrete 
floor.  My cap was definitely salvagable and works quite well after the 
casing rebuild.  It's now in a wooden containment box.

RWW

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