Re: Polyester Film Capacitors

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>

Hi Tom,

There dielectric loss is about ten times greater so they run about ten
times hotter than polypropylene.  Avoid them like the plague.
Polypropylene caps are the lowest-dissipation high-voltage high-current
caps out there.  And they are priced as such :-O  You may want to check out:

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/MMCInfo/mmcinfo.htm

Cheers,

	Terry

At 01:55 PM 3/26/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Has anyone tried using polyester film capacitors in their MMC's?  They are 
>significantly cheaper, and I was curious as to whether or not they would 
>work well.
>
>Thanks
>
>Tom
>