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Re: Halloween night, CP cap {con,de}struction
Yeah, I agree about the safety margin. Strange thing is that these caps
were supposed to be rated for tesla coil service up to 20kv input I
believe. I think I'm going to be Mr. Home Made Cap from now on.
Chip
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Chip Atkinson
http://www.pupman-dot-com
--- If I can't fix it, I can fix it so it can't be fixed --
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On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Tesla List wrote:
> Original Poster: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com
>
> In a message dated 98-11-01 01:24:05 EST, you write:
>
> << Original Poster: Chip Atkinson <chip-at-pupman-dot-com>
>
> > Greetings all,
>
> > Tonight was both the best and most expensive coiling night I've ever had.
> > I finished a 10" diameter coil a few weeks ago and got it running well
> >snip
> > My Condenser Products 0.025uF/20,000V tesla coil cap blew up! I'm glad it
> > was on the roof because it could have really hurt someone.
> >snip
> >Luckily, I had another CP cap and decided to try it too, since the coil
> >was going well and perhaps it was a fluke that it blew up. Nope! The
> > second one blew, and even more violently than before.
> >snip
>
> > Chip
>
> Chip,
>
> Sorry to hear about the demise of the caps, sounds like you put on
> a great show anyway. I guess the 20kV rating is just not enough. I
> like to run at least 35kV to 80kV ratings for a good safety margin.
> With a good voltage safety margin, the caps should withstand high
> break-rates.
>
> John Freau
>
>