Re: 11 foot arc right off the bat

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Original poster: Justin <rocketfuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

My Maxwell suffered a similar fate as well.  I tried submurging
the remains in Mineral oil, but I was getting internal sparking
and the release of some magic smoke.  Waiting on my 942 caps now.

For those searching the archives: MMC is better than Maxwell 37667
for Tesla Coil use!

Justin


On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 03:38:09PM -0600, Tesla list wrote:
> Original poster: "C. Sibley" <a37chevy@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> That Maxwell looks just like mine, it blew the same way last
> week!  What a mess!
>
> Anyone have any thoughts if this failure mode is due to over-voltage
> or over-current?
>
> Curt.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
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> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 12:53:22 PM
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> Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Miles,
>
> Was the crack of the case of the 50 KV Maxwell
> caused by internal failure or a drop on the concrete?
>
> David Rieben
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 1:43 PM
> Subject: 11 foot arc right off the bat
>
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>  >Original poster: "miles waldron" <mileswaldron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>  >
>  >I have become Ken's publicist. Check out the White Knight, kenscoil.com, a
>  >work in progress. We are trying to come up with a practical, nice way, to
>  >document our work and reasoning. Any suggestions are 
appreciated, but please
>  >be polite. We are serious coilers.
>  >
>  >http://www.kenscoil.com/whitenight-May-13-2006.htm
>  >
>