Re: Halloween night, CP cap {con,de}struction

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• Subject: Re: Halloween night, CP cap {con,de}struction
• From: Chip Atkinson <chip-at-pupman-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 17:06:02 -0700
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

Barry,

The safety gap is set at about 1/2", +/- 1/32".  I had the voltage turned
up just to where it wasn't firing at all, probably around 11KV.  

Personally I suspect that the problem was due to "hot spots" developing in
the caps.  Once the cap shorts out, it's all over because there is very
little room for expansion of the contents.

Chip

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On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: "B**2" <bensonbd-at-erols-dot-com> 
> 
> Hi Chip,
>     Sorry to hear about the demise of your capacitors.  Did the safety gap
> across the capacitors ever fire during any of these runs?
> 
> Barry
> 
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> Date: Sunday, November 01, 1998 1:29 AM
> Subject: Halloween night, CP cap +AHs-con,de+AH0-struction
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