Re: Condenser Products Caps and max BPS??

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Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Hi Bert, Dave,

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Bert Hickman by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net>
>
> Hi Dave (and welcome back!),
>
> Condenser Products (CP) has always advised keeping these caps in a
> horizontal position and rotating them periodically.

Rotating sounds good, but horizontal? If the connecting terminals are at
the ends of the cylinder, then
they should be stored vertically (as other manufacturers do), otherwise the
the oil wicks out of the
windings and will take some time to wick back in if stored horizontal. I
would guess the risks increase
if the caps are put into Tesla service soon after being stored in the
horizontal position.

Take care,
Bart