Re: Fair Radio 100KV Caps

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Parpp807-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 11/10/02 10:03:16 AM Central Standard Time, FutureT writes:

David,

Yes, they are mylar caps filled with a viscous oil, possibly castor oil.
They are no good. I thot the thing would be bullet proof but it quickly
cracked open and bled its guts out all over my bench. A mess. I switched to
the GE 42L snubbers which have given good service. My prediction is that you
will
soon get a chance to dismantle the one you say is already growing a warm spot.

Happy day,
Ralph Zekelman

 > Has anyone else gotten their hands on these, or have had a failure with
 >  >these? I cannot find the manufacturer for these and no one at any national
 >  >lab has either.  I would like to know what these are made of, without
 >  >trying to dismantle a working one.
 >  >
 >  >David E Weiss