Re: MMCs for sale

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Original poster: "Mike Novak by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <acmnovak-at-email.msn-dot-com>

Neil,
I only have 6 strings left. Sorry.
However they will work with a stationary gap, for a 10" coil it would not be
recommended.

-Mike
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Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: MMCs for sale


> Original poster: "neillien22 by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<neillien22-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
> Mike...
> I'm interested in getting about 10 to15 of your mmc's but do you know if
> they will work well with a regular spark gap?
> as opposed to rotary....
> i have a 10 inch diameter coil with 35 inch winding of 22 gauge wire.....
> i have a 15kv neon sign transformer .....
> and plan to make a basic spark gap.......
> any suggestions?
>
> also how do i go about purchaseing your caps?
> thanks,
> Neil
> Neillien22-at-hotmail-dot-com
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 12:59 PM
> Subject: Re: MMCs for sale
>
>
> > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <Fucian-at-aol-dot-com>
> >
> > In a message dated 6/14/01 9:18:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> > writes:
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Hello All,
> > > I have a pretty good set of caps for sale here...
> > > The flat rate is $1.70 per cap, and includes an acrylic string and
> bleeder
> > > resistors all pre-soldered.
> > > There are two small strings and a bank of four available. All strings
> > > consist
> > > of (12) 3kvdc .1µF metalized polypropylene snubbers made by General
> > > Electric.
> > > The strings measure 8.33nF with a voltage rating of 36kVdc. These were
> > > designed
> > > for use with an NST at 15kV or less. Using Terry's life calc, they
> should
> > > last
> > > approx 470 hours on a 15kV NST, or 13360 hours on a 12kV NST.*
> > > The bleeder resistors are 10MegOhm 1/2 watt from Digikey. The bank of
> four
> > > comes with two 1" thick brass buss bars with 1/4"-20 bolts to hold the
> > > strings
> > > and 3/8"-16 bolts to anchor the bank (Yes, it is a major overkill, but
> > > that's
> > > just my style :-).
> > > Also note, MMCs will die if used in a system with an Asynchronous
rotary
> > > spark
> > > gap. That's the only guarantee that comes with these caps.
> > > Oh, one more thing, the strings are 16" long...
> > >
> > > -Mike Novak
> > > <mailto:acmnovak-at-msn-dot-com>mailto:acmnovak-at-msn-dot-com
> >
> >
> >
> > So are you saying that all we pay for is the capacitors and we get
> EVRYTHING
> > else to?All the bussbars and resistors and a piece of acrylic to mount
> them
> > on?Or do I have it woefully wrong:-)?
> > MATT
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>