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Re: Capacitor voltage rating
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To: tesla@grendel.objinc.com, KLINEDA@univscvm.csd.scarolina.edu, Pyrofish@aol.com, WMEYER@scientia.up.ac.za, bhaley@shore.net, brad.alheim@the-spa.com, coco@astroman.com, frerichs@zfe.siemens.de, froula@cig.mot.com, haba@snakemail.hut.fi
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Subject: Re: Capacitor voltage rating
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From: Esondrmn@aol.com
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Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 19:54:02 -0500
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In a message dated 96-02-23 14:40:44 EST, tesla@grendel.objinc.com writes:
>On Thu, 22 Feb 1996 tesla@grendel.objinc.com wrote:
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>> I agree. I lost two of these. One at 12kv and one at about 10kv. What
>> voltage did yours fail at? We need to get the instructions at the ftp
site
>> for building these modified to alert future builders as to the true
working
>> voltage. I don't think they can be used above 9kv safely.
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>> Chip Atkinson, If we get a consensus on this, can someone modify those
>> files?
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>> Thanks, Ed Sonderman
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>I'm the tesla-admin of nic.funet.fi and thus if someone knows that there
>is false information on the files or has any other problems with the files
>on the site, I'll be glad to help. Any new material can be uploaded (put)
>to /pub/sci/electrical/tesla/incoming. Please do mail me description of
>any uploaded files - this is especially important on picture-files as each
>pic-file on the site should have a doc describing contents of the picture..
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>Kristian Ukkonen
>kukkonen@alpha.hut.fi
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Kristian,
I do think we should add an addendum to the capacitor build instructions that
discusses voltage ratings. Everytime someone blows one of these he has just
lost $80 to $100 and a lot of time. I would like Richard Quick's opinion on
this.
Ed Sonderman