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

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Halloween night, CP cap {con,de}struction
From: Bert Hickman <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 06:48:08 -0700
Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

Tesla List wrote:
<SNIP>
> Hi Chip,
> 
> Sorry to hear of your loss!  Interesting how this CP thread comes up every
> year or so.  If you use commercial caps again you might go for some major
> overkill in voltage rating to protect your investment.  I've been using a
> couple of 50kV Maxwells in series for quite a while and never had any
> problems.  They even survived that incident last Fall when one of my pigs
> failed after several primary strikes.  Anyway that must have been a great
> Halloween display up on the roof!
> 
> Zap!
> 
> Charles Brush
> http://www.foundrygroup-dot-com/cbrush/fun

Hi Charles!

What ever became of the pig you killed last year? Did you autopsy it?
BTW, you and Greg appear to be the only two known to have killed one of
these hardy beasts!

-- Bert --