Re: 'suicidal' glass plates

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• Subject: Re: 'suicidal' glass plates
• From: SSNSanders-at-aol-dot-com
• Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 14:07:53 -0400

In a message dated 96-09-30 01:07:06 EDT, you write:

<< 
 	All i can think of is transients from the rectifier.  (Rectifiers
 	accumulate bits of stored charge on each half cycke, then dump it,
 	leading to some nonobvious HV spikes when they switch.  I ASSume there
 	was a stray (capacitive) path that MADE the glass plate part of the
 	capacitor (leakage from HV supply to floor, etc, etc...)
 
 	regards
 	dwp >>
I had to give up on glass caps, I wanted one but every time it blew through a
plate and I never got a satisfactory reason for it .   Steve

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