Hi guys:

Probably getting off topic a bit, although my original concern was safety of
flight, and things shorting out. Are we agreed that this type of capacitor
construction is too prone to vibration for aircraft use and that it has a bad
failure mode?

I cut into the guts of the cap - I'm still clueless. Guess some reading is in
order on my part. If someone wants to educate me, either on or off line...

The 2nd cut photo is he

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Mike Palmer
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