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Re: HV Cap Fun!

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From: Mark Robert Thorson
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 1989 00:03
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A friend of mine once worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory where
he maintained a shed full of BIG capacitors used in energy experiments.
These capacitors were about the size of a small oil drum.  They would put
little pill bottles on the capacitors.  When they would hear one rattling,
they'd dive for cover, as that was an indication a capacitor was about to
short out (which would be followed by the capacitor bank dumping its energy
into the failed capacitor).
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From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson)
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Subject: Re: HV Cap Fun!
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Date: 3 Jun 89 00:03:18 GMT
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