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

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• Subject: Re: Halloween night, CP cap {con,de}struction
• From: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 22:28:26 -0700
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

Hi Ed,

> Original Poster: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> 

<snip>
>     I bought a couple of those capacitors, and never got any details on any
> recall.  Can anyone help?

One of mine suddenly gained some capacitance during a run and ignited 
a secondary at the base for some reason. It settled back to the 
original value after a couple of days but was obviously sick. I faxed 
the company and they agreed to take them back. I got replacements 
with smaller studs. This was after I expressed alarm and a couple of 
caps beloging to others had exploded. I was concerned to get units 
with integrity within the guarantee period. CP honoured the guarantee 
to the letter.

Malcolm

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