Re: Paper/Oil Capacitors

["David Trimmell" <davidt@pond.net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla@uswest.net>)]

Hi all,

It really is economics. Large pulse caps are just that, LARGE! Big in $$,
but MMC's are a real Tesla Coiler's way of making a entro into 0-10 KVA
(?+) coiling at modest cost. Bang per unit cost, is relative...

My take, MMC Paradigm is great..., but not god speak. Real Pulse Caps due rule!

Reagrds,

David Trimmell
www.ChaoticUniverse.com

At 04:26 PM 8/19/00 , you wrote:
>Original poster: "Edward Wingate" <ewing7@rochester.rr.com> 
>
>Tesla list wrote:
>> 
>> Original poster: Terry Fritz <twftesla@uswest.net>
>> 
>> Hi Greg,
>> 
>>         Two years ago, 1/4 of the posts on this list delt with oil/poly
>caps.  In
>> only a year, MMCs have virtually obsoleted homemade oil caps (I am waiting
>> for them to obsolete the commercial ones too!).
>> 
>>         Rather than list the problems with paper and oil caps, I'll just
>say that
>> MMC caps are better, cheaper, faster, more reliabile, adjustable, don't
>> drift, exact value, don't leak, don't explode......  A number of people who
>> were in the middle of making oil caps stopped in the middle of making them
>> and went to MMCs.  They really are that much better.
>> 
>> http://users.better.org/tfritz/site/MMCinfo/MMC.html
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>>         Terry
>
>Hi Terry,
>
>That's a pretty strong statement.
>
>I think you will have a long wait for MMCs to obsolete commercial pulse
>caps, or have you built quite a few small and large coils using both MMC
>and commercial pulse caps? I just wondered what comparisons your
>statement was based on. I don't expect to see Maxwell, PCI, CP, et all
>offering MMCs any time in the near future!
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Ed Wingate RATCB
>
>