Re: Stupid Capacitors!

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

Sounds like you had a flaming good time. I like stacked capacitors with 1 in
wide conductor straps. They give me lots of current. My caps are 20 plate
6x10 with 12mill- low- d- poly in mineral oil. each segment is 3.5 nf. To
get 0.1 u you would have a very big project. Check your number. My cost is
about 10$ per segment and I use 4 segments plus 1.2 gal oil per pair {
14$/gal). Even  salt water caps in jugs would fill a barn to get 0.1u
    Robert  H

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> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 08:15:50 -0700
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> Subject: Stupid Capacitors!
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> Original poster: "Marry Krutsch by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <u236-at-earthlink-dot-net>
> 
> Hi everyone.
> 
> Well, my MMC bank just failed catastrophicaly (burst into flames) for
> the 5th time, and my wooden primary form just carbon tracked.  I have
> about 5 min. total run time on my coil, so this is going to get
> expensive pretty soon!  All but one cap failed open circuit, so the lead
> to plate junctions must not be good enough.  I don't have enough $$$ for
> a Geek MMC, so I'll probably build a plate cap.  It's going to be big,
> since I need 0.1 uF.  I can get PE sheet rather cheaply.  Which is best,
> high or low density PE?  Any suggestions?
> 
> Now working feverishly,
> Winston
> 
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