Re: The death of a classic

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Original poster: "Finn Hammer by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <f-h-at-c.dk>


Billy:

The cap can be viewed here:

Http://home5.inet.tele.dk/f-hammer/tesla/museum/cap/cappage.htm

Cheers, Finn Hammer



Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "teri mckenney by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mck-at-ezy-dot-net>
> 
> Hey Finn,
> As one who has set a few MMC caps on fire, I can say that one probably got
> hot and caught on fire, spreading to the rest. Was the MMC enclosed in
> something? Was it laying flat or on it's side? My first one was in a box and
> when it caught on fire I had a hard time putting it out. I couldn't get into
> the box quickly and had to shake it violently to put it out.Charred ones
> still work, I just replace the popped ones:0)
> Billy
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 4:56 PM
> Subject: The death of a classic
> 
> > Original poster: "Finn Hammer by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <f-h-at-c.dk>
> 
> > So probably, one cap gave up, and this lead to heat inside it, being
> > transmitted to nearby caps, and the avalance started.
> >
> > This is the reason that I will not use a MMC again on a professional
> > coil: It is not reasonable to ask, that the operator should be able to
> > spot that first bulging cap when it pops out amongst the others, A pro
> > coil damands a pro cap.
> > Cheers, Finn Hammer