[TCML] capacitors

[resonance]

I doubt the MMC caps will withstand the peak currents in a 200 J Tesla 
oscillator.  It would be pushing them to and slightly beyond their limit ---  
might work for awhile, but when failures begin to occur you end up replacing 
the entire cap bank.

Dr. Resonance

Resonance Research Corp.
www.resonanceresearch.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Trevethan" <t.trevethan at ucl.ac.uk>
To: <tesla at pupman.com>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [TCML] capacitors


> Hi,
>
> That's a big MMC - 200J per bang - IIRC about the same size as the one 
> used for
> Electrum. What power are you planning to run at?
>
> There is a useful list of good polypropylene capacitors for tesla coil use 
> here:
> http://hot-streamer.com/TeslaCoils/MMCInfo/good-bad.txt
>
> The Cornel Dubilier 942C20P15K (150nF, 2000V) seems to be very popular, 
> and I
> have seen them advertised for $3-4 each. You would need 20 x 34 = 680 
> (approx
> $2000).
>
> Tom.
>
> Quoting Tomas Stankevic <Tomas.Stankevic at ff.vu.lt>:
>
>> Hi,
>> what capacitors would you recommend me to build a 250nF @ 40kV MMC? 
>> (for=20
>> DC TC powered by 3phase pig) how much (approximately) it will cost? 
>> What=20
>> about shipping to Lithuania?
>>
>> Toma=9A
>>
>>
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