RE: Commercial pulse caps that died in Tesla coil

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



 > -----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>
 >



 > 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.