Re: Awesome Quarter Shrinking Capacitors on EBAY

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Original poster: "RIAA/MPAA's Worst Nightmare" <mike.marcum-at-zoomtown-dot-com> 

Hate to be near a dead short of that. Probably sounds like a nuke going off
since a measly 50kJ sounds like dynamite, especially dischargnig that into a
small amount of salt water.

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Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: Awesome Quarter Shrinking Capacitors on EBAY


 > Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 > I forgot where this one came from but check this puppy
 > out:
 >
 > http://www.hot-streamer-dot-com/adam/60_MJ_cap_bank.jpg
 >
 > adam
 >
 > --- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 >  > Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
 >  >
 > <snip>
 >  >
 >  > Actually, much better... The standard squarish can
 >  > (12x12x29) was 6kJ using
 >  > kraft paper/oil.... These days, you can get 100 kJ
 >  > in the can..
 >  >
 >  > This raises a significant problem.. 6kJ is an energy
 >  > that can be contained
 >  > by the steel box forming the cap...so, if an
 >  > internal fault develops, the
 >  > explosion won't be that spectacular...
 >  > However, 100 kJ is not something you can hold in, so
 >  > internal failures are
 >  > MUCH more spectacular. I've heard stories (but not
 >  > actually seen) about
 >  > tests with caps exploding... at these energies, the
 >  > fuses are to protect the
 >  > cap from the other caps in the bank, rather than to
 >  > protect the single cap.
 >  > Imagine 50 of those puppies in parallel.... (Project
 >  > Sherwood...)
 >  >
 >  > These days, I think they use Compulsators for
 >  > Megajoule energies.... Except
 >  > perhaps in multimarx setups like the Z-machine.
 >  >
 >  >