Re: Commercial pulse caps that died in Tesla coil

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

Lol, yeah, it's kinda cool, but remember, part of my job is collecting 
various oddball junque for people to build into various and sundry things. 
That's a big part of The Geek Group, building projects.

And this is why I have a basement packed to the rafters (and a garage not 
far behind) filled with the strangest things you can imagine.

While my baby (my personal toy, a Mazda MX3) sits out in the snow!

Because there's one of the Geekmobiles and a pile of pole pigs filling the 
rest of the garage, lol



Christopher "Duck" Boden Geek#1
President / C.E.O. / Alpha Geek
The Geek Group
www.thegeekgroup-dot-org
Because the Geek shall inherit the Earth!





>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: Commercial pulse caps that died in Tesla coil
>Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 16:04:47 -0700
>
>Original poster: "Virtualgod" <mike.marcum-at-zoomtown-dot-com>
>
>Kewl, a cap grave yard.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 9:26 AM
>Subject: Commercial pulse caps that died in Tesla coil
>
>
> > Original poster: "Scott Hanson" <huil888-at-surfside-dot-net>
> >
> > Christopher Boden wrote:
> >
> > "I have a collection of over 50 Maxwell and other brands of commercial
>pulse
> > caps. They all have 2 things in common.
> > They're all from coiling use. And they're ALL DEAD".
> >
> > Christopher -
> > Since you currently have a collection of "over 50" commercial pulse
> > capacitors that have actually failed in Tesla coil service, please post a
> > listing of the capacitor manufacturers, model numbers, and
> > capacitance/voltage ratings. This is clearly the largest single group of
> > commercial pulse capacitors ever gathered in one place that have actually
> > failed during use in Tesla coil applications.
> >
> > Even though we won't know the operating conditions that the capacitors
>were
> > subjected to at the time of failure, just knowing the makes and models of
> > capacitors that failed will be very useful. Also, now that the Geek Group
> > has access to a digital camera, posting a photograph of this extensive
> > collection of "over 50" failed capacitors will be a very interesting to
>all
> > coilers who shop for used pulse capacitors. How many of these died without
> > any external evidence of failure, how many had cases that were ruptured or
> > split, etc, etc. We hear so many unsubstantiated "urban legends" about
> > exploding capacitors, sheets of flaming oil, etc, etc that your
>observations
> > on actual failed specimens will prove very enlightening.
> >
> > Can you oblige the group by providing this information?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Scott Hanson
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 5:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: MMC or Maxwell? Which is better?
> >
> >
> >  > Original poster: "Christopher Boden" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> >  >
>msnip...