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Re: A new cap failure mode?
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To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
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Subject: Re: A new cap failure mode?
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From: Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>
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Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 21:41:31 -0700
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Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com
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In-Reply-To: <99f857b8.36bb8587-at-aol-dot-com>
At 06:57 PM 2/5/99 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 2/5/99 6:26:21 AM Mountain Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>writes:
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>> The suggestion comes up that perhaps a safety gap placed directly across a
>> primary cap needs a little resistance in the circuit to keep this current
>> to a "safe" level.
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>> Comments or suggestions are welcome...
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>> Terry
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>Terry,
> Would a transorb (or MOV) work for this?
>Mike
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I do use MOVs for neon protection. But I don't think that they would stand
up to a repetitive over voltage situation. Perhaps you could do it, but
you would spend big $$$ in lots ov MOVs.
Terry