Re: MMCs for sale

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Fucian-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 6/14/01 9:18:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes: 


>
> Hello All, 
> I have a pretty good set of caps for sale here... 
> The flat rate is $1.70 per cap, and includes an acrylic string and bleeder 
> resistors all pre-soldered. 
> There are two small strings and a bank of four available. All strings 
> consist 
> of (12) 3kvdc .1µF metalized polypropylene snubbers made by General 
> Electric. 
> The strings measure 8.33nF with a voltage rating of 36kVdc. These were 
> designed 
> for use with an NST at 15kV or less. Using Terry's life calc, they should 
> last 
> approx 470 hours on a 15kV NST, or 13360 hours on a 12kV NST.* 
> The bleeder resistors are 10MegOhm 1/2 watt from Digikey. The bank of four 
> comes with two 1" thick brass buss bars with 1/4"-20 bolts to hold the 
> strings 
> and 3/8"-16 bolts to anchor the bank (Yes, it is a major overkill, but 
> that's 
> just my style :-). 
> Also note, MMCs will die if used in a system with an Asynchronous rotary 
> spark 
> gap. That's the only guarantee that comes with these caps. 
> Oh, one more thing, the strings are 16" long... 
>
> -Mike Novak 
> <mailto:acmnovak-at-msn-dot-com>mailto:acmnovak-at-msn-dot-com 



So are you saying that all we pay for is the capacitors and we get EVRYTHING 
else to?All the bussbars and resistors and a piece of acrylic to mount them 
on?Or do I have it woefully wrong:-)? 
MATT