I've never had an oil filled capacitor go bad, leak, or blow.
Like Don, I've had electrolytics BLOW. Those I traced back to STUPIDITY in having mistakenly placed them in the circuit in REVERSE polarity. That has happened TWICE. Comes from working too long on a project without ENOUGH sleep. I'll never repeat that again.
During my military service, I had a "few" instances of taking large transformers covers off to change voltage taps.
Lo and behold, I've now donated tissues to the "Agent Orange" database. These transformers were full of Askerel ([sic] I probably misspelled it!). It was an oil for indoor use that was supposed to be less of a fire hazard - LACED with PCBs.
So far so good, no issues, although I was in the oil up to my armpits. Bob - N0DGN Rick Brashear wrote:
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
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