Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sunybcs!boulder!ccncsu!ncr-fc!jeffc From: jeffc@ncr-fc.FtCollins.NCR.com ( Jeff Cook) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Zap, fry, and sizzle Message-ID: Date: 26 Feb 90 17:38:13 GMT References: <799@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> <804@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> <1990Feb23.041918.27178@utzoo.uucp> <648@sagpd1.UUCP> <1990Feb24.225351.8797@chinet.chi.il.us> Sender: news@ncr-fc.FtCollins.NCR.COM Organization: NCR Microelectronics, Ft. Collins, CO Lines: 21 In-reply-to: darus@chinet.chi.il.us's message of 24 Feb 90 22:53:51 GMT In article <1990Feb24.225351.8797@chinet.chi.il.us> darus@chinet.chi.il.us (james wygralak) writes: > Another note of caution: Beware of shrapnel from exploding capacitors. I also doubt that the chemicals released will do your health any good. In one school project I did long ago, I had an electrolytic capacitor installed backwards. There was a loud pop, and I watched the casing bounce off the ceiling. This was followed by a mini-snowstorm of fuzzy debris from the cap's insulating material. Question: What was the fuzzy stuff? Might it have contained asbestos or PCP's? -- ===================================================================== Jeffrey L. Cook jeffc%ncr-fc@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.com NCR Microelectronics uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-sd!ncr-fc!jeffc 2001 Danfield Court 72506.237@compuserve.com Fort Collins, CO 80525 Compuserve: 72506,237 "I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know." -- Mark Twain ---------------------------------------------------------------------