Re: Halloween night, CP cap {con,de}struction

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: Halloween night, CP cap {con,de}struction
• From: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 17:34:08 -0700
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

HI Chip,

> Original Poster: Chip Atkinson <chip-at-pupman-dot-com> 
<snip>
> > Just for the record, CP stated on the outside of my units that they 
> > are rated for 120BPS max.
> > 
> > Malcolm
> 
> Interesting.  These caps came from the first batch that Scott Meyers
> ordered.  I bet that they didn't realize that they had to put that
> stipulation on them until some other people toasted theirs.
> 
> Chip

Did they not state the break rate on yours? They did on my 
original units. I believe they also did on their price list and 
I also heard something to this effect when the purchase was being 
organized.
     We also know that they tested them at a rather low break rate 
which wasn't even close to being representative of static gap 
operation. I remember Robert Stephens commenting at the time. If they 
weren't in a TC though that might have been reasonable to a degree as 
they would have been subjected to lots of reversals.
     Do you know what the failure mode was yet?
     
Malcolm

• Prev: Capacitor construction
• Next: Re: Maxwell Labs cap. questions
• Index(es):
  • Main
  • Thread