Re: Build own capacators

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Original poster: tesla popp <teslas_lab@xxxxxxxxx>

I usually charge $2.75 per cap.  Maby less if the
price drops a bit.

In order to say a price, Ill need your transformer
voltage.
Get back to me with that info please.

Coiler Forever: Jeremiah Popp


--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: "david baehr" <dfb25@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> for sure, as far as transporting, them big ol' oil
> filled caps
> suck,......ok, I want to try an MMC. I need a value
> of about .035mfd
> , how many caps do I need ??? Whats my cost $ ?
> Does an mmc really
> out perform a oil/rolled cap ??
>
>
> From:  "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To:  tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Re: Build own capacators
> Date:  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:53:53 -0700
>  >Original poster: tesla popp <teslas_lab@xxxxxxxxx>
>  >
>  >I will publically applogize for hurting the
> feelings
>  >of good ol' Matt.  My point is this (and lets end
> it
>  >here): if you want your coil(s) to last FOREVER,
>  >Forget about homemade capacitors.  Any new comer
> that
>  >has the desire for a Quality coil should build an
> MMC!
>  >SIMPLE AS THAT...
>  >
>  >If you truely belive that you "MUST" build a
> messy,
>  >cumbersome, oil filled homemade cap; build it with
> the
>  >understanding that it will inevitably FAIL.
> Unless it
>  >takes up more space than your entire coil itself
> it
>  >will die!  This has been proven time and time
> again.
>  >
>  >I can count on one hand, the number of coilers I
> know
>  >whos homemade caps have lasted thru the years.
> And of
>  >those coils that use such capacitors, the
> preformance
>  >is nothing to brag about either.
>  >
>  >So go ahead and motivate yourself however you see
> fit.
>  >  But when it comes time to pack your coil in the
> back
>  >of your car for the big show;  I'd like to see you
> put
>  >all those bulky leaking caps back there along with
> the
>  >rest of your coil in less than a miunit like I
> can!
>  >
>  >Ok, I'm done ranting, take the facts for what they
>  >are, FACTS...
>  >Coiler Forever: Jeremiah Popp
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  >
>  > > Original poster: Mddeming@xxxxxxx
>  > >
>  > > In a message dated 12/15/05 3:57:15 P.M.
> Eastern
>  > > Standard Time,
>  > > tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
>  > >  >Original poster: tesla popp
> <teslas_lab@xxxxxxxxx>
>  > >
>  > >  >Matt, you're missing the real point: HOMEMADE
> CAPS
>  > >  >SUCK!
>  > >  >Excuse me for being so blantent, but if you
> can
>  > > tell
>  > >  >me even ONE instance where a home capacitor
> has
>  > >  >Out-Preformed, Outlasted, or been "More
> Compact"
>  > > than
>  > >  >the cd942 MMC (when made properly), I will
> belive
>  > > that
>  > >  >there is a future for the homemade cap!
>  > >
>  > > I am not missing what you call the "real point"
> . I
>  > > was merely
>  > > pointing out that there is more than one
> significant
>  > > "point": that
>  > > being that there is more to what motivates some
>  > > humans than just efficiency.
>  > >
>  > > <;-)
>  > >
>  > >  >Yes I AM stepping on some peoples toes here,
> but
>  > > it's
>  > >  >NOT because Im an a**hole.
>  > >
>  > > Oh No? ? I guess one needs a much longer
> personal
>  > > temporal axis to
>  > > appreciate different aspects of creativity.
>  > >
>  > >  > It's because I've wasted
>  > >  >TOO MUCH TIME AND MONEY building my own caps,
> only
>  > > to
>  > >  >have them fail!  I do care about the well
> being of
>  > > the
>  > >  >list members and I know how much it sucks to
> have
>  > > a
>  > >  >capacitor fail.  Please take my word on this,
> MAKE
>  > > AN
>  > >  >MMC!
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > For the majority for whom efficiency is their
> sole
>  > > motivating factor,
>  > > your suggestion is right on the mark.
>  > >
>  > >  >Im sorry to offend you who have lasting
> homemade
>  > > caps,
>  > >  >but I push my coils (and there caps) very
> hard,  I
>  > >  >just ran one of my twins for 48 minuts.  The
> only
>  > >  >thing that got warm was the tranny, THE MMC
>  > > REMAINED
>  > >  >COLD!  A run of 30+ minutes is very common
> here
>  > > and
>  > >  >only the cd942 MMC has been flawless and
> lasted in
>  > >  >this area.
>  > >
>  > > BRAVO! BUT it is irrelevant to the point I was
>  > > trying to make.
>  > > Someday you may understand why my neighbor has
> more
>  > > personal pride in
>  > > his horribly inefficient hand-made replica of a
> 1903
>  > > Oldsmobile with
>  > > tiller steering than he does in the Mercedes
> that he
>  > > bought new off
>  > > the lot last year, or why one of my grandsons
> is
>  > > building a
>  > > wood-planked sailboat.(with hand-sewn canvass
> and
>  > > hemp rope lines)
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > Coiler Forever: Jeremiah Popp
>  > >
>  > > PS: Cake mix won't EXPLODE and hurt you if you
> cook
>  > > it
>  > > to long.
>  > >
>  > > Have you ever seen a flour mill explosion?
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > Matt D.
>  > >
>  > > You might check out Maslow's work on the
> differences
>  > > in what motivates people.
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  >