CP out of Tesla Business, again!

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Original poster: "Nicholas Field by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <nick.field-at-hvfx.co.uk>

Hi All,

This really saddens me.

As some of you may know, a few years back Condenser Products Inc. sold Tesla
coil capacitors quite openly, and many on this list purchased them.  They
were good solid units, and very keenly priced compared to their competition.
Then someone had a cap blow up, due to a possible manufacturing defect, and
got nasty about it despite the fact that CP had recalled the entire batch
and replaced them free of charge.  After that CP were officially closed for
Tesla business, but did continue to sell capacitors to a small number of
trusted customers.

We were among that group, and CP capacitors power ALL current HVFX rental
stock.  Recently CP seem to have become a little more open about their TC
range and have started to sell them to new customers.  Then, yet again,
someone mistreated their product, blew it up and now they are out of TC
business for ever.  I really can't express my frustration at this.  The
designers at CP are real professionals, tell them what you need and they'll
build you a cap that can take it day in, day out without even getting warm.
I know their test procedures and voltages, and there is no way a cap could
get through then fail in service.  The bottom line is that if you blow up a
cap from CP, or NWL, or PCI, or Maxwell, then you didn't spec. the cap
properly.  Ed Wingate and many others will bear me out on this.

To quote Richard Hull  'It is a cold and very cruel world out there in
specialty capacitor land.'  You spec. your cap, you take your choice.  If it
blows up then you chalk it up to experience and get on with your life.

Happy Shopping,
Nick
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Nick Field, HVFX
www.hvfx.co.uk