Re: pulse cap

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Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>

Chris,

> Having seen firsthand the look on Jim's face when his $100 Maxwell became
a
> $100 doorstop in the middle of our Summer Teslathon I would have to say
that
> the reliability, price, and performance of the Geek Group MMC caps would
> have to blow not only Maxwells, but all commercial pulse caps away. Jim's
> cap sits on the shelf in my office as a reminder. Tesla Coils are flaky
toys
> as it is, anything that improves the reliability of the system is a great
> help to the builder.

Im not doubting the geek caps, as I have never tried them... Just that to
buy a maxwell in the UK was cheaper than buying a load of geek caps,
mounting them up, putting in bleeders, etc...

All the best,

Jason

P.S> you couldnt send 35nF of caps to aleks for the UK geek coil could
you??? we need them badly :)