Re: A C.P. death in the family

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Subject: Re: A C.P. death in the family
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Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 23:04:54 -0600
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From: 	Malcolm Watts[SMTP:MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz]
Sent: 	Friday, November 14, 1997 7:43 PM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: A C.P. death in the family

Hi Steve,

> From:   Steve Roys [SMTP:sroys-at-umabnet.ab.umd.edu]
> Sent:   Thursday, November 13, 1997 11:47 AM
> To: Tesla List
> Subject:    A C.P. death in the family
> 
>  Hey Guys,
> 
> I think I've done toasted my Condenser Products cap that I got a few
> years ago as part of the group deal.  I had it stored out in my unheated
> garage with my coil, and when I cranked everything up a few weeks ago, it
> worked for about 5 seconds, then everything just stopped sparking.  When I
> unhooked the cap and looked at it a little closer, it wasn't sloshing
> around at all, so I guess the cold had solidified the oil or whatever,
> which led to a dielectric failure.  Now that I've had it in the house
> where it's all warm and toasty, it sloshes around again, but it's still dead.
> 
> Regardless of "why", the fact remains that it's gone.  Which leads me to
> ask the question:
> 
> Has anyone gotten anything out of Condenser Products other than having 
> them say they will look at the caps to see why they fail?

Yes!  I first of all faxed them with a high degree of alarm after one 
of mine set fire to a coil (abruptly changed value during a run). 
They insisted I send them back for checking. I did, together with a 
set of tests that *I* wanted performed. They didn't respond to that 
but sent me two new ones. I still treat them somewhat gingerly.

Malcolm