Re: RE. Many dry caps in series?

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• Subject: Re: RE. Many dry caps in series?
• From: jim.fosse-at-bjt-dot-net (Jim Fosse) (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 19:05:49 -0600
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>Original Poster: Gary Lau  20-Oct-1998 1306 <lau-at-hdecad.ENET.dec-dot-com> 
>
>>Original Poster: jim.fosse-at-bjt-dot-net (Jim Fosse) 
>>	I blew one of my 2 by 0.060" (0.120" total dielectric) poly
>>caps a couple months ago using an asynchronous rotary with my 15kV
>>60ma neon. (dumb move on my part, I forgot to connect up the safety
>>gaps;(
>>
>>snap, crackle, and pop
>>
>>jim f
>
>Thanks for sharing this.  By "2 by 0.060" poly, was this two layers in
>one roll, or two caps in series, each 60 mils?  Also, did you do a post
>mortem to see exactly where it failed?
>
Gary,

	One cap of 2 layers of 0.060 poly between the electrodes. I've
not done a post mortem yet, but if it follows the other 3 I've blown,
The puncture will be on the bottom edge of the electrodes ~1 linear
foot in from the center of the roll.

cheers,

jim f

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