Re: used Maxwell Caps, MMC, new pulse

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Original poster: "Crow Leader by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net>

you might want to check if oil is compatible in any way with the isopropryl
biphenyl that is in maxwell caps.

KEN

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Subject: Re: used Maxwell Caps, MMC, new pulse


> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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>
> Kevin,
> I bought a couple so I could get .015 mfd in series.  so far so good.  I
even
> dropped one, and it cracked (ouch) and smelly oil came out.  It still
works,
> though I should acetone and epoxy the crack, and then refill it with
> transformer oil, and put under a vaccuum to get bubbles out.  There is a
flush
> screw which I assume was used to fill them in the first place.
> Bill Shepard
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