Re: MMC vs. Maxwell caps?

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 4/25/01 1:44:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

> > Original poster: "Bill Vanyo" <vanyo-at-echoes-dot-net>
>  > I know everybody loves MMC's, but these Maxwell caps appear more cost
>  > effective to me - a 0.03uf cap, rated 35kvdc, goes for $85.  
>  [...]
>  > So, does anyone see any drawbacks to using these Maxwell caps?  Am I
>  > wrong about it being cheaper to use one of these for 0.03uf than to
>  > build an equivalent MMC?

Bill,

I noticed a lot of concern on the list lately about the possible failure
of Maxwell caps.  Although this is possible, it is rare.  I use maxwell
pulse caps, and I find them to be excellent.  My research coils and
my TT-42 TC use maxwell caps:

     http://hometown.aol-dot-com/futuret/page3.html

John Freau