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Re: [Amps] grid fuses

To: <craxd1@verizon.net>, <amps@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] grid fuses
From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <w4tv@subich.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:47:52 -0400
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Will writes: 

> That would be like a capacitor charging up with only 
> one lead connected to a power supply, and the other lead left 
> un-connected. It can do it before the fuse blows, but not 
> afterwards, there's just no path for it to work. 

You have obviously not been knocked on your but by a capacitor 
that is totally disconnected from the circuit and in storage. 
There is a reason that high capacity devices are shipped and 
stored with a shorting wire across the terminals.  They will 
spontaneously charge! 

If you don't believe it, get a multi KV 1000 uF oil filled cap 
and leave it set on the floor for a year or two then grab the 
terminals (don't do this at home and without medical help in 
attendance). 

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 
 

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