Re: Capacitor Safety Discharge Method (fwd)

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Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:06:46 -0700
From: Barton B. Anderson <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Capacitor Safety Discharge Method (fwd)

Nope, no problem with that.

Take care,
Bart

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>Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:38:11 +0000
>From: nancylavoie@xxxxxxxxxxx
>To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: Capacitor Safety Discharge Method (fwd)
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>Hi, Chris. Thats exactly what I was trying to get an answer to in the
>previous posts and I think that if you kind of read between the lines in
>Bart's reply, you can see that its probably okay to do if you use bleeder
>resistors and discharge the cap after the charge has bled off. What I
>wanted to use was a Ross Engineering relay rated at 40 kv (normally open
>contacts) and wire it across the terminals of the capacitor and
>resistors.It would then just be a simple matter of flipping a switch and
>doing the work of the screwdriver in a much safer fashion.Anyone see a
>problem? Wyatt
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>>Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 01:53:57 -0400 
>>From: Crispy 
>>To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx 
>>Subject: Capacitor Safety Discharge Method 
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>>Hello, 
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>>In light of the recent discussion about the necessity of a manual 
>>discharge for the tank capacitor in addition to bleeder resistors, I've 
>>been considering an easier method of manual discharge than the 
>>stick-a-screwdriver-in-the-spark-gap method for my coil. I was thinking 
>>about an electronic method, and here's the idea. Would it be possible 
>>to have a linear pull-style solenoid with an electrode that, when 
>>powered, would retract its electrode from another static electrode, to 
>>act as the safety discharge? The normal state (no electricity applied) 
>>would be to have the contacts together, and the capacitor shorted. Of 
>>course, the electrodes would have to be insulated from the solenoid. 
>>Also, would it be possible to immerse this under oil, if the gap 
>>provided by the solenoid was insufficient to prevent sparking over in 
>>normal operation, or would the oil coat the electrodes and somehow 
>>prevent safety discharge? 
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>>Thanks, 
>>Chris 
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