Re: Ebay caps

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Kidd6488-at-aol-dot-com>

Hi, I always thought those were giant chokes... are those caps in series with 
the trans. line? what would the purpose of them be? are there any chokes in 
trans. lines? 

-Jonathon Reinhart 



In a message dated 6/15/01 10:21:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes: 


>
> Hi Jack 
>
> You are correct about what I called transmission line caps. When I was a 
> kid, I had maybe 10 such caps. They had big terminals, but I don't recall 
> them as being very heavy. I kept them around mainly for show. 
>
> Godfrey Loudner 
>
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From:    Tesla list [SMTP:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com] 
> > Sent:    Thursday, June 14, 2001 7:46 PM 
> > To:    tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
> > Subject:    Re: Ebay caps 
> > 
> > Original poster: "Jake Draper by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
> > <cybermecium2-at-home-dot-com> 
> > 
> > Are trasmission line caps those sqaure boxes you see once in a while on 
> > top of 
> > power poles? There are usually about 3-6 of them and sometimes they are 
> > with 
> > TINY "Pole Piglets" Are these what transmission caps are?