Re: Warning Desasterous MMC failures, Rotton caps from Mouser.

[Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:52 AM 11/22/2000 -0600, you wrote:
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>I bought these in my bulk buy earlier this summer. They cost 1.45 each, they
>have a dv/dt of 4200, and they have a hefty expoxy potted package. Others
>who bought these got a dramatic increase in streamer length when switching
>from saltwater caps to these. However, the minimum order is 25 caps as I
>recall, so you'll end up paying about $35-40 for a box. You could get two
>strings of 5.5nF -at- 24kVDC for half of what you paid for those crap mouser
>caps. I suggest you write mouser a nasty letter and move on. snip...

I guess I would suggest NOT writing a nasty letter to mouser.  They just
sell the caps and are not responsible for how they are made or used.
Remembering how the commercial cap sources dried up after coilers
complained about them, I would fear that MMC suppliers may get the word we
are just going to blow them up and then yell at them.  Good or bad, anyone
selling MMC caps to us is a resource we should cherish and do our best to
maintain.

Cheers,

	Terry