RE: Am I courting disaster?

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Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

I'd still rather destroy the metal end caps than the
ceramic.

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "Christopher Boden"
 > <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 >
 > On mine the metal end caps are cemented in place.
 > Removal without
 > destroying the caps at least is impossible.
 >
 >
 >
 > Christopher "Duck" Boden Geek#1
 > President / C.E.O. / Alpha Geek
 > The Geek Group
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 > Because the Geek shall inherit the Earth!
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > >From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > >To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > >Subject: RE: Am I courting disaster?
 > >Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 11:16:31 -0700
 > >
 > >Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 > >
 > >Don't take this the wrong way, but...
 > >
 > >When I disect things, I approach them from the
 > stand
 > >point that somehow they were manufactured and all I
 > >have to do is reverse the process. Mine could
 > easily
 > >be opened (if I wanted to do this) by removing the
 > two
 > >metal end caps. This is a good approach to any type
 > of
 > >disassembly. Rather than breaking out the hammer,
 > try
 > >to see how it was put together first.
 > >
 >
 >http://www.hot-streamer-dot-com/adam/garage/gap_18kV_1.jpg
 > >
 > >Adam
 > >
 > >--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > > > Original poster: "Christopher Boden"
 > > > <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 > > >
 > > > That would be me :)
 > > >
 > > >
 > > > I also opened one of the short-fat ones just to
 > see.
 > > > The only way I've
 > > > found to open them is dropping them (or use a
 > > > hammer) a grinder won't even
 > > > make a dent as the ceramic material they are
 > made of
 > > > is tougher than you
 > > > can imagine (staion-post insulators are designed
 > to
 > > > hold MANY thousand of
 > > > pounds and these are built of the same stuff,
 > > > checkout a Lapp Insulator
 > > > catalogue).
 > >
 >