Re: Neon unpotting dilemma (high power factor)

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• Subject: Re: Neon unpotting dilemma (high power factor)
• From: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 11:52:10 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
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In a message dated 00-03-07 12:30:01 EST, you write:

<< 
> Unfortunately, cooking the NST on a hotplate totally killed the PFC cap , it
> bulged and leaked.  So I'll never know if this cap had really failed, but
> the primary coil seems intact.
 
> Any thoughts?
 
> -Adam >>

Adam,

I would think maybe it bulged and leaked before cooking?  But
I don't really know anything about the failure modes of these caps.

Cheers,
John Freau

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