[Hallicrafters] Piesoelectric effect case in point.

[Carl]

And I'll bet is was one of those High K TV doorknobs that everybody used and 
usually fried at some power level!

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ross Stenberg" <k9cox at charter.net>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Piesoelectric effect case in point.


> About 43 years ago I popped a doorknob capacitor on a homebrew 4-1000...it
> was spectacular!
>
>
>
>> Had one of the old tubular ceramics in an ARC-5 transmitter (PA DC
>> blocking cap) explode on me once .  Went off like a firecracker!
>
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