Re: Maxwell capacitor question

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Original poster: "colin.heath4" <colin.heath4-at-ntlworld-dot-com> 

hi david,
             i used the 80nf 100kv version of what you have. it performed
well in my 6" coil at 400bps but got warm quickly so the inside must have
been very warm.
i assume this is due to the high break rate as like you say they are
designed for lower break rates.
i think they must be mica or mylar if they are so small at this voltage. i
dont think they could possibly be polythene or polypropylene.
i will be using this same cap in my maggie over the next couple of weeks at
this same break rate. so ill let you know how it goes.
cheers
colin

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Subject: Maxwell capacitor question


 > Original poster: Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com
 >
 > Hi all,
 >
 > I have recently located and purchased (2) cat # 31350 100 kV,
 > 0.1 uFD Maxwell pulse caps (they're still enroute-haven't gotten
 > here yet) and was trying, with no availe, to locate some specs
 > on this particular capacitor. They are the single ended 2" x 6"
 > x 15.75" long plastic oil-filled case. I figure they're probably rated
 > for 1 pps at their rated voltage and probably 25 amps RMS and 25
 > kAmps peak per discharge -at- < 20% V reversals. I believe all
 > of the single ended 100kV rated Maxwells have to either be
 > submerged in oil or in one atmosphere of dielectric gas to operate
 > at the full rated 100 kV. Of course I will never be approaching
 > this max voltage limit for coiling so running them in open air
 > will be the way that I go.
 > Anyway, I was planning on trying to use them in my remodeled
 > 10 kVA pole pig coil. I figure they can be run at much higher bps when
 > the voltage is kept well below the max kV rating. 14.4 kVAC rms
 > would only reach about 20 kV peak (not considering resonant rise
 > of course). I was planning on parallelling them for 0.2 uFD and
 > maybe trying to go synch. They should handle 50 amps RMS in
 > this configuration but would that really be sufficientfor a pig? Of
 > course since they're used I don't know how many shots are left in
 > them and I think they are only rated at either 30K or 100K shots, at
 > the rated max voltage, at best. I have personally never had a Maxwell
 > cap fail from too many shots, though I have blown up a few lossy
 > polyester dielectric pulse caps (not Maxwells though) from over
 > current (get too hot and finally explode ;^O) but I know they do have
 > a limited "shot" life.
 >
 > As always, I value the advice from this list.....
 >
 > David Rieben
 >
 >
 >