[TCML] ice cold Maxwell caps

[resonance]

Don't worry --- the Maxwells will warm up to 60 plus degrees after 30 sec of 
operation --- after that, you can run them in 15 minutes burst with no 
problems.

Dr. Resonance

Resonance Research Corp.
www.resonanceresearch.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Eldredge" <oklahomacoiler at gmail.com>
To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla at pupman.com>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: [TCML] ice cold Maxwell caps


> Thanks David & Bert
>
>  Things went well and the temp. was only down to 38 at time of
> firing.  I feel more confident in the future with lower tempatures.
>
> Kevin
>
>
>> >
>>
>> Hi Kevin,
>>
>> You shouldn't have any problems. Just don't accidentally whack the
>> capacitor cases, since the polypropylene may be a bit stiffer and could
>> crack.
>>
>> Maxwell rates most of their plastic-cased low rep rate caps for a
>> minimum operating temperature of -10C, and their high rep-rate PP caps
>> at -30C. The difference may be due to the particular dielectric fluid
>> used in the caps. It must remain liquid for the capacitor to perform
>> properly.
>>
>> In either case you should be fine.
>>
>> Bert
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