Re: Arctronics capacitors

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Original poster: Kreso Bukvic <kreso.bukvic-at-kc.htnet.hr> 

My previous maxwell exploded. For a few minutes after exploded, he ... died!
What isa the maximum AC voltage for this cap? I used 10 kV 100 mA nst
resonant?
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Subject: Re: Arctronics capacitors


 > Original poster: Christoph Bohr <cb-at-luebke-lands.de>
 >
 > Hello Kreso!
 >
 > Ich bought these Maxwell caps from them and they worked fine for me.
 > Prices between 75$ and 90$ semm to be common.
 > The good thing is you have a professional relatively small high quality
cap.
 > But you never know where tey came from and hoch much remaining live they
have.
 > These caps are rated for 35 KV DC at 500BPS max and 20% voltage reversal.
 > A copy of data sheet can be found here
 >
 > http://www.luebke-lands.de/media/20P005.pdf
 >
 > Today I would probly rather invest in a good MMC as they prooved to be a
very
 > good choice. If you blow a cap or two in your MMC its a 5$ repair aud you
 > ready again. If you blow up your Maxwell cap you might have a 80$ paper
 > wight.
 > Another question is the way these caps can fail. I peronally don't fear
any
 > eyplosion if not seriously overstressed over longer time but there ist a
 > chance they could fail explosively.
 > In my current design I will try to incoperate a microswitch pressure
sensor as
 > suggested by Bert.
 >
 > You just have to decide if you want a qiuck and easy cap like the maxwell
or a
 > labour intensive MMC with better life expectancy/TCO. I feel they both
 > perform similar, so this is not really a thing to worry about.
 >
 > Sincerely
 >
 > Christoph Bohr
 >
 >
 >  > Tesla list wrote:
 >  > >Original poster: Kreso Bukvic <kreso.bukvic-at-kc.htnet.hr>
 >  > >I see they sell high voltage maxwell capacitors? Some are 69 some 99
$?
 >  > > What is the diffrence? IS it worth to buy from them?
 >  > >
 >  > >.
 >  >
 >  > Kreso,
 >
 >