An Idea! for cap

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Original poster: "pjj" <tha3rdman-at-zoominternet-dot-net> 

I was thinking on an eariler post, that a paper cap's dielectric is usualy
oil. Being a man of many hobbies in r/c cars shocks & diffs is silicon base
"oil" off variing weights from 10 wt. to 250,000 wt. any idea where i can
find the dielectic strenth of this stuff? and other stuff.


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Subject: Re: Pungent Odor from HV Capacitors


 > Original poster: "Crow Leader" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net>
 >
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 > Subject: Pungent Odor from HV Capacitors
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com
 >  >
 >  > I have a few high voltage capacitors that seem to be giving off a
pungent,
 >  > unpleasant type solvent smell.  Among these are some smaller Maxwell
metal
 >  > can type capacitors as well
 >  > as some grey GE type HV capacitors.   Also, both capacitors are
 > practically
 >  > new and never used, so they aren't like some old leaking capacitors.
 >  >
 >  > Anyone have any ideas of what this odor is???
 >
 > Wow, could be lots of stuff. GE "Dielectrol (pick a number)" non-PCB stuff
 > smells musty and bad. The only caps I've ripped open that smell like a
 > solvent would be some early 80's stuff from FCI that was impregnated with
I
 > believe to be carbon tetrachloride. The impregnant completely evaporated.
 > The MSDS for a General Atomics (formerly Maxwell) I have says the
impregnant
 > for my cap is isopropyl bi-phenyl, which should be a clear yellow liquid
 > with a "straw" like odor. It's not likely your caps are mineral oil
filled.
 > Even with additives, they'd be pretty smell free. I've been to several HV
 > cap factories. All they smell like is paper. I've smashed open silicone
 > impregnated caps, again, no smell, but it's obvious they are filled with
 > silicone from how fast the oily mess flows over the entire surface of the
 > cap. The stuff literally flows out of any cracks or leaks and makes an
oily
 > mess anywhere it can flow (up down, no difference).
 >
 > Give General Atomics a call with the partn number. Say you have a leak and
 > want the MSDS for the clean up.
 >
 > KEN
 >
 >
 >