Re: Can dust inside an Apple IIgs catch fire?

[Riccardo <rigreco.grc@gmail.com>]

> True, though ironically that "X2" line capacitor is actually
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> self-healing--it can survive an internal breakdown caused by a line
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> transient several times. It does this by burning away a tiny part of the
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> metal foil plates adjacent to a dielectric perforated by the transient. The
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> dielectric is impregnated with a heavy oil which fills the void, "healing"
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> the point of breakdown. 
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> Eventually, the insults are too many in some small region for the oil to
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> heal it, and increased electrical leakage leads to thermal runaway
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> punctuated with a "bang" and the pervasive smell of vaporized dielectric
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> oil. 
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Could be possible, strictly depend of capacitor structural type. It are a sandwich of dielectrics and armors.

By anyway, a vacuum of dust is always strong recommended! :)

Ric.