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Re: Geek Group MMCs



Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi,

Immersing MMC caps in oil or paraffin is NOT recommended.  The oil or wax
may attack the capacitor's plastics or damage them in a number of ways.
They should be perfectly happy in air as long as you leave space between
them and such.  See the "tips" at:

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/MMCInfo/mmcinfo.htm

Cheers,

	Terry



At 05:56 PM 1/6/2002 -0500, you wrote: 
>Should these caps be immersed in oil? I wanted to immerse them in parafin 
>wax to avoid the mess of oil and make the cap more sturdy.