Re: 0.25 MFD 30 kV capacitor on eBay for TC use.

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Original poster: Mddeming@xxxxxxx 


Hi All,
    There was quite a bit of discussion on eBay Forum last year about 
products being sold that were either useless or downright dangerous if used 
for the purpose advertised (e.g exploding glassmikes for RF, electrolytics 
for AC, Plexiglas as Bulletproof window panes etc.). Maybe this year there 
is someone in eBay's compliance area that has a little electronics savvy 
and took the complaints seriously?

Matt D.

In a message dated 12/15/04 5:54:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
Original poster: "Mike" <mike.marcum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Nothing else setup another acct and relist again and again (with an
increasing # after the username). I do this to sell DVD's and hard drives
full of mp3's and divx files pretty often (on my 8th "disposable" acct in 6
months). I'd like to know their explanation of why you can't sell a cap,
even tho pole pigs are listed and they are just as deadly in the hands of
the ignorant. Anyway, with filter caps like yours the internal construction
won't take too many bangs. Usually the foil/dielectric rolls are connected
with a thin strip of foil that literally blows apart like a fuse if the cap
is shorted over and over or it rips from the roll from magnetic forces.
Also, if it's paper dielectric (or something that's rf lossy) it will heat
up rather quickly, sometimes to the point of blowing up ( I think I'll
remember not to use 5 kvar pfc caps again).

Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: 0.25 MFD 30 kV capacitor on eBay for TC use.


>Original poster: gary350@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Ebay cancelled the auction again.  This time they suspended account.
>
>What is the deal with this capacitor?  Why won't it last long?
>
>Gary Weaver