I think I fixed it!!! I think you were right about a capacitor shorting,
just not the one we thought..

Anyway I was at the surplus store today and bought 2 18pF 3kv caps and
replaced both output caps on the inverter board. I replaced the one on the
"bad" side of the board first to no avail.. I then thought why not replace
the one on the "good" side and I did and it turned on..

My only regret is ordering the 22pF caps from mouser that I no longer need..
oh well you live you learn.. I'll classify this as an education
expense.. It doesn't come anywhere what my tuition for school is and is way
more fun..

I probably couldn't have fixed this without the help of Dave, lsmartino, and
Afra Dailey.. Thanks everybody..

Just hopefully I havn't spoken too soon.. :-)

- Mike

"Michael Kennedy" wrote in message
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What worries me is the 1kv rating of the substitute cap... try to get
one of 2kv at least, and repeat the tests.

Probably the 1kv cap is shorting under load.

hmm.. Cap shorting.. Well I'm not blowing fuses anymore but that does
sound quite possible. I guess I'm going to have to order one since
skycraft doesn't have any in stock.

- Mike