RE: Commercial pulse caps that died in Tesla coil

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Original poster: "Daniel Kline" <daniel_kline-at-med.unc.edu> 

Correction...
It was a Condenser Products capacitor.
Dan K.

 > > Original poster: "Crow Leader" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net>
 > >
 > > Hello,
 > >
 > >
 > > 1) you won't find transformer oil in a capcitor
 >
 > Ok, capacitor oil then.
 >
 > > 2) orange fireball doesn't sound like an the results of an
 > > impregnant they'd
 > > use in a RF rated cap either.
 >
 > Well, I guess it was since this cap came from a Plastic
 > Capacitors group buy
 > specifically designed, built and rated for Tesla-coil use.
 > The *fireball"
 > was orange because it was a *fireball*...you know, like a
 > *ball-of-fire*?
 >
 > > I'm going to chalk this up in my book to use of the wrong capacitor,
 > > not manufacturing and engineering defect of the product itself.
 >
 > You can chalk it up to whatever you want, now that you actually have
 > some facts. The cap blew up because I was using it on an asynchronous
 > rotary gap. I never said a thing about the cap being defective.
 >
 > Dan K.
 >
 > > ----- Original Message -----
 > > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 5:01 PM
 > > Subject: RE: Commercial pulse caps that died in Tesla coil
 > >
 > >
 > >  > Original poster: "Daniel Kline" <daniel_kline-at-med.unc.edu>
 > >  >
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 > >  >
 > >  >  > -----Original Message-----
 > >  >  > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 > >  >  > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 9:27 AM
 > >  >  > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > >  >  > Subject: Commercial pulse caps that died in Tesla coil
 > >  >  >
 > >  >  >
 > >  >  > Original poster: "Scott Hanson" <huil888-at-surfside-dot-net>
 > >  >  >
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 > >  >
 > >  >  > We hear so many unsubstantiated "urban legends" about
 > >  >  > exploding capacitors, sheets of flaming oil, etc, etc...
 > >  >  > Regards,
 > >  >  > Scott Hanson
 > >  >
 > >  > I have on video a Plastic Capacitors cap exploding and sending
 > >  > an orange fireball across the room. One of the end-bolts stuck
 > >  > in the wall (I don't remember if that's on the video) and
 > >  > transformer oil was all over everything. I'll be happy to make
 > >  > you a copy and send it if you like. Hardly an "urban legend".
 > >  > Dan K.
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