RE: Am I courting disaster?

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Original poster: "Christopher Boden" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com> 

On mine the metal end caps are cemented in place. Removal without 
destroying the caps at least is impossible.



Christopher "Duck" Boden Geek#1
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>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: RE: Am I courting disaster?
>Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 11:16:31 -0700
>
>Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
>Don't take this the wrong way, but...
>
>When I disect things, I approach them from the stand
>point that somehow they were manufactured and all I
>have to do is reverse the process. Mine could easily
>be opened (if I wanted to do this) by removing the two
>metal end caps. This is a good approach to any type of
>disassembly. Rather than breaking out the hammer, try
>to see how it was put together first.
>
>http://www.hot-streamer-dot-com/adam/garage/gap_18kV_1.jpg
>
>Adam
>
>--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> > Original poster: "Christopher Boden"
> > <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> >
> > That would be me :)
> >
> >
> > I also opened one of the short-fat ones just to see.
> > The only way I've
> > found to open them is dropping them (or use a
> > hammer) a grinder won't even
> > make a dent as the ceramic material they are made of
> > is tougher than you
> > can imagine (staion-post insulators are designed to
> > hold MANY thousand of
> > pounds and these are built of the same stuff,
> > checkout a Lapp Insulator
> > catalogue).
>