Re: Further MMC woes.

["Garry F." <garryfre-at-xxxxxxxxxxx> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-xxxxxxxxxx>)]

I have it boxed up, and going to send. Don't worry bout the shipping to you
I'll pay for that.

I am somewhat comforted that this is by far the worst MMC event ever, it
makes me think that if I do another I won't get this kind of result, but I
don't think I will be trying it again. Such an extreme event makes me also
feel I am cursed with this and trying it again is simply inviting loss.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: Further MMC woes.


> Original poster: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>
>
> Hi Garry,
>
> At 08:33 PM 11/23/2000 -0800, you wrote:
> >Well, after trying to replace the blown caps with all the spares I had I
> >have a worthless $84 MMC.
> >
> >I built an MMC out of 3 strings of .033 uF caps at 2kv part number 940C
> >20S33K from Mouser electronics. 15 caps per string.
> >
> >I placed short pieces of thick plastic tubing around every other cap by
> >slitting the tubing length wise and slipping it over every other cap.
This
> >effectively insulated every cap from its neighbor. Then I place poly
> >sheeting between the caps and the resisters and put generous amounts of
> >silicone seal around the ends to make sure there was no possibility of
> >arching between the solder joints. I used heat sinks to protect the caps
> >from heat when I was soldering the joints as well. Within 3-10 seconds
after
msnip...