Plastic capacitor for camera flash tube?

[tuinkabouter]

On 10/5/2012 1:44 PM, Phil Allison wrote:

"David Eather"

No. It means X2 caps won't catastrophically self destruct if anything
goes wrong.


** Complete nonsense.

An X2 cap may develop an internal short our and smoke and burn if mistreated
or at the end of its life.

Ever connected an electrolytic capacitor revere on a 48 volt battery?

I can tel you that is gives a big bang (and a lot of dirt).

--
pim.

 

[Dontspam]

John Fields wrote:

On Fri, 5 Oct 2012 01:20:44 +0530, "Dontspam"
dontspam@invalid.invalid> wrote:


Thanks for your interest, but there are no thrift shops where
I
live, at least not the kind that sells such stuff.

---
I have a nice assortment of polyester (Mylar) caps and if you'd
email
me a physical address I can send then to, and what voltages and
capacitances you'd like, I'll see what I can do.

Thanks for the offer. I really appreciate it. But I do have some
Mylar caps of appropriate capacitance and voltage and in any
case, given the vagueness of any practical application I have in
mind at the moment, it's not worth the hassle and expense of
international shipping. On top of that, they may just get seized
by overzealous/corrupt customs people at my side.

My questions have been answered clearly and positively -
1. Whether a film cap will dump its charge efficiently into a
triggered xenon tube. I rather expected that it would, and it was
nice to have it confirmed.

2. How well the cap would stand up to the shock treatment: I
didn't know what to expect about that. It's nice to know that it
's likely to take that kind of abuse in its stride.

Thanks to all who contributed to the thread.

 

[Phil Allison]

"tuinkabouter"

Phil Allison wrote:
"David Eather"

No. It means X2 caps won't catastrophically self destruct if anything
goes wrong.


** Complete nonsense.

An X2 cap may develop an internal short our and smoke and burn if
mistreated
or at the end of its life.


Ever connected an electrolytic capacitor revere on a 48 volt battery?

** Ever had your foot caught in a rat trap ?

I can tel you that is gives a big bang ....

** Nah, that happened billions of years ago.

WTF is this raving loon on about ??



..... Phil

 

[Cydrome Leader]

Dontspam <dontspam@invalid.invalid> wrote:

John Fields wrote:
On Fri, 5 Oct 2012 01:20:44 +0530, "Dontspam"
dontspam@invalid.invalid> wrote:


Thanks for your interest, but there are no thrift shops where
I
live, at least not the kind that sells such stuff.

---
I have a nice assortment of polyester (Mylar) caps and if you'd
email
me a physical address I can send then to, and what voltages and
capacitances you'd like, I'll see what I can do.

Thanks for the offer. I really appreciate it. But I do have some
Mylar caps of appropriate capacitance and voltage and in any
case, given the vagueness of any practical application I have in
mind at the moment, it's not worth the hassle and expense of
international shipping. On top of that, they may just get seized
by overzealous/corrupt customs people at my side.

want me to ship you some charged caps?

 

[Dontspam]

Cydrome Leader wrote:

Dontspam <dontspam@invalid.invalid> wrote:
John Fields wrote:
On Fri, 5 Oct 2012 01:20:44 +0530, "Dontspam"
dontspam@invalid.invalid> wrote:


Thanks for your interest, but there are no thrift shops
where
I
live, at least not the kind that sells such stuff.

---
I have a nice assortment of polyester (Mylar) caps and if
you'd
email
me a physical address I can send then to, and what voltages
and
capacitances you'd like, I'll see what I can do.

Thanks for the offer. I really appreciate it. But I do have
some
Mylar caps of appropriate capacitance and voltage and in any
case, given the vagueness of any practical application I have
in
mind at the moment, it's not worth the hassle and expense of
international shipping. On top of that, they may just get
seized
by overzealous/corrupt customs people at my side.

want me to ship you some charged caps?

Now there's an idea.