Re: Glassmike caps

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Original poster: "Troy Peterson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tpeterso-at-home-dot-com>


Hi,

Personally, I would not recommend Glassmikes. I used them for a while, a 
very short while. They worked great as far as output goes, for about 30 
seconds, then BAM!. It was like a shotgun. Luckily I put them inside a 
plastic container "blast shield" anticipating this might happen. When I 
opened it I found that two of the caps had exploded simultaneously, 
resulting in fragments of foil, dilectric, and very, very, very tiny 
fragments of glass embedded deep within the plastic container, Not to 
mention alot of oil..

Regards,
Troy Peterson



> >
> > Anyone have experience using Glassmike capacitors?
> > I got some at a good price 6 rated at .06uf and 10kvdc and 4 .01uf -at-
> > 10kvdc.
> >
> > The larger ones are about the size of an empty toilet paper roll with
> > 1/8th" threaded electrodes on each end.
> > The smaller ones are about the size of a "C" battery the same electrodes.
> >
> > I bought them cuz I think I have seen them in laser supplys.
> >
> > peace,
> > Ry
> >
> >
>
>
>Hi Ry,
>Some people say they're really Bomb, others that they work like a Pipe Bomb.
>i.e. catastrophic failure mode when they do go. I've been reluctant to use 
>them
>myself, since I'm already down to one eye. Your results may be different.
>Matt D.
>G3-1085