RE: capacitor brand recomendations for MMC???

["Oxandale, Terry" <Toxandale-at-SPP-dot-org> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

I wanted to let everyone know about some caps I just recently tested on
my coil, and feel they work well. They have only gotten very slightly
warmer than ambient after running the coil for a little over one minute.
They are 3kvdc 100nF caps made by GE. They are PP film and the
description says for high current applications and used as a snubber
(????). Anyway, I have made several strings of these caps for my coil.
Each string has 12 caps for a total of .008uF -at- 36kvdc. Unfortunately,
the caps are rated at only 750vac each, but as has been the case many
times with this subject, the caps run fine at higher voltages. I
currently am putting 15kv into the tank circuit with the coil responding
nicely. I bought these caps from Hosfelt for $1.50 each. They are about
1" in diameter and about 2" long.

Terry

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> Sent: 	Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:57 PM
> To: 	tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: 	capacitor brand recomendations for MMC???
> 
> Original poster: "John Morawa" <morawaj-at-interaccess-dot-com> 
> 
> 
> Hi again,
> 
> Can anyone recomend a brand pulse capacitor for use in a MMC?  I've
> seen
> panasonic and xkp-1(?) from WIMA both referenced multiple times in the
> archieves.  I will be using it with a 15/30 NST.
> 
> thanks in advance,
> John M.
> 
> 
>