X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 2 [X] Return-Path: Received: from imo-m24.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.5] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.8) with ESMTP id 2039763 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 12 May 2007 10:09:48 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.137.5; envelope-from=Lehanover@aol.com Received: from Lehanover@aol.com by imo-m24.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.2.) id q.d3f.8fb6a9f (30740) for ; Sat, 12 May 2007 10:09:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Lehanover@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 10:09:04 EDT Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: EC2 question To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1178978943" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5366 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1178978943 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 5/12/2007 9:38:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, crj@lucubration.com writes: I did a goggle and > found a number of articles and studies on that problem with Tant > capacitors - so clearly a real potential problem. I was a technician at Western Electric in Columbus Ohio. One day I was sitting at my bench and a team was working on a central office frame behind me. It had a row of metal can capacitors the size of lunch boxes along the bottom row of equipment. They had the frame powered up and were taking readings all around it, when one of those capacitors went off like a bomb. Heavy cables retained the top plate and the sides of the can peeled down like banana skins. A cloud of silver Mylar slivers floated around for an hour. I visited the rest room after a while. The delay to be sure my legs would support me. The frame failed test. Lynn E. Hanover ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------------------------1178978943 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
In a message dated 5/12/2007 9:38:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,=20 crj@lucubration.com writes:
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> capacitors - so clearly a real potential=20 problem.
I was a technician at Western Electric in Columbus Ohio. One day I was=20 sitting at my bench and a team was working on a central office frame behind=20= me.=20 It had a row of metal can capacitors the size of lunch boxes along the botto= m=20 row of equipment. They had the frame powered up and were taking readings all= =20 around it, when one of those capacitors went off like a bomb. Heavy cables=20 retained the top plate and the sides of the can peeled down like banana skin= s. A=20 cloud of silver Mylar slivers floated around for an hour.  I visit= ed=20 the rest room after a while. The delay to be sure my legs would support me.=20
 
The frame failed test.
 
Lynn E. Hanover



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