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Re: Blew my rolled cap....
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> Subscriber: chip-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com Tue Dec 31 23:08:37 1996
> Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 22:41:45 -0700 (MST)
> From: Chip Atkinson <chip-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
> To: Tesla List <tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
> Subject: Blew my rolled cap....
>
> Well, apologies to Ed Sonderman, I did finally blow my rolled cap. I'm
> almost positive that the culprit was the high break rate. I have run the
> thing for a couple years or more using static gaps, and recently a rotary.
> Tonight was the first time I fired the thing up with the high speed Carter
> motor. It turns the disk at about 5000 rpm max, resulting in about 1000
> bps. Previous to that I had an induction motor that turned it at about
> 3600 rpm.
>
> It was interesting to turn up the gap speed. It directly corresponded to
> changes in the pitch of the coil whine.
>
> Now I'm going to connect up the CP cap that I ordered a while ago. I
> think I'll baby it for a while. (At least 5 minutes!)
>
> Question: Is there anyone who has one of the custom CP caps who has used
> it without problem on 14400v or greater? I'm paranoid about blowing it.
>
> Chip
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Chip,
Well, now you went and done it! And this, even after Richard warned you
never to go above 750 PPS! Bet it died with just a whimper, and not a
bang though! :^)
Oh well, good luck on using your new CP cap - I assume you've got a
container to catch the pieces and the oil (just in case... :^)). Just
make sure you beat on it really hard before the 1 year warranty period
expires!
Safe cappin' and coilin' to you, Chip, and Happy New Year!
-- Bert --