Thanks, Don for the information. I have never personally experienced an explosion with an oil filled capacitor and I have never run across a bad one. I have heard both sides of discussion and it's about even. I am inclined to think if I seal the tiny leak to prevent the oil from messing up the cabinet I'll be okay. I'll put them in a wooden box and apply a heavy load just to be sure. I agree with you on the PCB stuff. I have a shack full of it. I try to keep it off my hands and wash thoroughly after coming in contact with it, but I don't let it ruin my day.
Thanks again to all for your excellent input and fine discussion on this matter. What a great list! 73, Rick/K5IAR Maybe I've just been lucky, but in the 49 years I have been in amateur radio, I have seen no more than 2 or 3 failed oil capacitors. They were either open or had a dead short. I have used caps with oil residue around the terminals with never a mishap. I have never had one to blow up.... Don k4kyv ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
