Re: Fair Radio 100KV Caps

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Original poster: "Crow Leader by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net>

F-C-I is Film Capacitor(s) Inc.

I believe they are gone now. The latest parts I've seen from them are also
1983. I took one 30uF 1kV filter cap from them apart and found not only
really noxious fast evaporating fluid, but tape from the known defunct
Gudeman.

KEN


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Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 8:53 PM
Subject: Fair Radio 100KV Caps


 > Original poster: "Harold Weiss by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com>
 >
 > Hello all,
 >
 > Back in (I believe) 1999, I bought some 100KV caps from Fair Radio
 > Sales.  These came out of an old government project which used 100 in
 > series.  Markings are F-C-I, KM14-1000-10, .01MFD-100KVDC, NOV
 > 1983.  Dimensions are 10X5X2.5" with two copper 1/4X1" threaded studs, one
 > on each end.  There is also a nylon screw in one end.  Case seems to be a
 > white PVC.  I used two of them in the coil I had at the Cheesehead
 > Teslathon.  They seem to work well for TC use, although one seems to be
 > getting a hot spot, when used with my static gaps, with the rotory, no
warming.
 >
 > Has anyone else gotten their hands on these, or have had a failure with
 > these? I cannot find the manufacturer for these and no one at any national
 > lab has either.  I would like to know what these are made of, without
 > trying to dismantle a working one.
 >
 > David E Weiss
 >
 >
 >