Re: A Coiler's Intuition (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:37:17 -0600
From: Michael Robinson <muze801@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: A Coiler's Intuition (fwd)

It didn't technically explode,
I think it was just a dielectric puncture  but it was still  very  loud.

On 10/11/07, Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:21:23 +0000
> From: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>
> To: 'Tesla list' <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: A Coiler's Intuition (fwd)
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> I'm very surprised to hear that it was a CD cap that went boom.  There's really nothing to accumulate pressure and burst.
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> Gary Lau
> MA, USA
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> > From: Michael Robinson <muze801@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: A Coiler's Intuition (fwd)
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> > Sorry for the left out details,  It was an under engineered MMC with
> > just one string of eight 0.15 CD caps powered by a 12/60 NST.
> > I think thats its safe to say that a failure was to be expected from
> > this set up, and now I will construct a new MMC with 2 strings of 15.
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> > As for the increase of power, I'm not really sure, but could it
> > possibly be from the caps starting to fail and bringing me closer to
> > resonance?
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> > Whatever the reason is I'll be sure to contact Dr. R about some new caps.
> >
> > Michael
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