Re: MMC vs Commercial Caps

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: MMC vs Commercial Caps
From: Alex Crow <user-at-alexcrow.clara-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 11:25:33 -0600
Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

All - 

Well I think 16 hours is a little steep - it only took 2 hours for me
t do a 70 cap MMC - granted it is not very pretty but it works, which
is the most important bit. I would be happy to make larger units for a
small profit.

Alex

On Fri, 18 Jun 1999 19:38:11 Tesla List wrote:
> Original Poster: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com 
> 
> In a message dated 99-06-17 17:36:15 EDT, you write:
> 
> << The 16 hours is at least what it would take me
> > to solder ~220 (10 strings of 22  0.056uFd 1.6kV caps, I use 1.414xDC) on a
> > perf board with resistors and building the case, busses, etc. Just
> > something to think about....
>  
> > Regards,
>  
> > David Trimmell >>
> 
> David, all,
> 
> Maybe someone will be lucky and find 1000's of MMC type caps at
> a hamfest or surplus place cheap, and offer them to other coilers too.
> Maybe someone who has extra time will offer to make up complete
> MMC's and sell them to other coilers, if it can work out for them
> price and time-wise.  This would be of course for the coilers who
> have some money but not the time or don't want to bother building
> them etc.
> 
> John Freau
> 
> 
>