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Re: MMC take2
If they have a + and a - terminal (ie polarised) then they are
electrolytic. This could even be indicated by something as insignifcant
as a blob of paint on one of the terminals, or by a whole row of
++++++'s down one side of the can.
They may be OK for pulse use, but for heavy rapid discharge they must be
protected from reverse voltage kickback by a diode string in series or
parallel. Great for high power flashgun/strobe work though.
Alex
Tesla List wrote:
> Original Poster: "christopher boden" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
> >From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> >To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> >Subject: Re: MMC take2
> >Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 16:09:53 -0600
> >
> >Original Poster: Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com
> >
> >In a message dated 4/22/99 4:42:11 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
> >tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
> >
> >>
> >> Alright as I understand it someone recently took a whole bunch of
> >> little caps and hooked them together for TC duty. They called it
> the
> >> MMC (Another obscure acronym?) i think.
> >> I have a resource for a whole herd of brand new computer grade
> caps.
> >> The values are 1399mFd -at- 450 VDC, how many do I need? I can
> probably
> >> get a couple hundred. Any ideas?
> >>
> >Chris,
> > If those are electrolytic caps, they won't work. You need
> polypropylene
> >caps.
> >Mike
> >
>
> Oh pooh....how do I know? They don't say electrolytic....but I think
> they are. How can I tell?
> Will they work in my amplifier? I've got a big Tigersourus and I
> would like to add a large cap array if these are useless for anything
> else. Maybe they will work for a pulse-array?
>
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