Re: Large Pulse Capacitors for sale from The Geek Group (fwd)

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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:15:27 -0700
From: Barton B. Anderson <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Large Pulse Capacitors for sale from The Geek Group (fwd)

Hi Chris,

Were these caps made by CSI? Just curious as I use to have several pulse 
caps (not for Tesla service). I did an autopsy on one of them many years 
ago to look at the construction (your caps look identical, but about 4 
times larger).

Take care,
Bart

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>Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:44:19 -0400
>From: Chris Boden <cboden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: 'Tesla list' <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Large Pulse Capacitors for sale from The Geek Group
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>We recently acquired 117 *large* Pulse capacitors for use in several
>upcoming demonstration projects. However, I only require about 50 or so.
>Because of their substantial size and worth, we have opted to sell our
>surplus to the membership and Pupman, and possibly make some available to
>the public. 
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>Let me put this in perspective. We're not talking about MMC caps, or caps
>that most of you are used to where you can hold a dozen of them in your
>hand. 
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>We're talking about...
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>http://www.thegeekgroup.org/archives/img/albums/uploads/2006-10-12/DSC04496.jpg
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>*REALLY* serious Death-In-A-Can kind of capacitors. 
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>Each one of these could adequately be described as a "Tiny God"(tm). 
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>Each one of these requires a drain wire at all times. Energies stored in
>these are WELL past "Lethal" and could accurately be described as
>"Atomizing" (meaning they will clean your ass up with a sponge). These are
>NOT toys and make a pole pig look like a bug zapper by comparison. 
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>We are NOT selling these caps to.... 
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>Anyone under age 18 without a letter from AND PHYSICALLY MEETING their
>parents. 
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>Anyone who still lives with their parents without parental consent (signed
>letter and phone verification). 
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>Anyone who wants to use them for any manner of stupidity (to be judged by
>Group executive staff) such stupidity includes but is not limited to Weapons
>of any manner, or attempting to launch the neighbors cat into Low Earth
>Orbit. 
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>Anyone who could be described as "Twitchy" is also right out. 
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>We do realize that anyone who WOULD want to buy one of these is likely a
>little bit odd to begin with. So we're taking that into consideration. 
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>All proceeds will go to The Geek Group and be used to pay our recurring
>expenses (lights, heat, insurance, government official bribes, etc). 
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>These caps were donated to us several (5?) years ago and are in horrible
>cosmetic condition. Labels scratched up, paint is rusting (some weren't
>painted and sport a layer of surface rust), some dents, etc. Most date to
>70's-80's vintage. 
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>We are taking the time to properly prep each cap, one at a time (it takes a
>full day to do 2 caps). Each cap is sanded to remove all the rust (sometimes
>removing all the old paint as well, we usually just go down to bare steel).
>Then coated with a layer of Krylon primer to protect the metal. We even
>paint the bottom. In the event we have to remove the original labels (some
>aren't stickers but actually screen-printed onto the cap) we are taking the
>time to permanently stamp the important data into the Ground Terminal Ring
>of the cap itself. We make sure to stamp Voltage and uF rating, as well as
>Joules (where the labels state it). Each cap is also stamped with a Geek
>Group number (for our internal tracking). 
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>Here's what they look like after the stamping and an overhaul.
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>http://www.thegeekgroup.org/archives/img/albums/uploads/2006-10-14/DSC04671.jpg
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>http://www.thegeekgroup.org/archives/img/albums/uploads/2006-10-14/DSC04666.jpg
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>Nice pretty primer, they should last another decade with proper care and
>feeding.
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>If you're curious about the internal construction, well, so were we. After
>the careful, precision application of delicate tools such as a Forklift,
>Sawzall, Claw hammer, and a 1-Meter Crowbar we got a good look inside.
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>http://www.thegeekgroup.org/archives/img/albums/uploads/2006-10-16/DSC04813.jpg
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>You can cut the entire case, all the way around, and it'll still hang with
>only the massive internal connections supporting the entire weight of the
>cap. Note the cap is actually suspended an inch off the floor in the above
>pic. And no making fun of my pretty pink hat. I'm so in touch with my
>feminine side there's a lawsuit pending.
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>http://www.thegeekgroup.org/archives/img/albums/uploads/2006-10-16/DSC04861.jpg
>Here's the cr�me filling. They're made of a set of *big* caps all connected
>in parallel. Each one of these weighs more then my laptop.
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>Chris B�den 
>President
>The Geek Group / Applied Intellect
>www.thegeekgroup.org
>Because the Geek shall inherit the Earth!
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