Re: bulk buy of super caps? [update]

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Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Hi Ken,

Just a comment below:

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Crow Leader by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<presence-at-churchofinformationwarfare-dot-org>
>
> Greetings.
>
> Some while ago I asked if anybody was interested in a bulk buy of commercial
> rf pulse caps of around 0.05uF and about 17kVAC for duty cycles to 1000PPS
> at upto 200kHz for multiple kW sized coils. The opinion was for the most
> part negative as the robot people repeated "commercial caps don't work and
> if they do they cost too much".

I would disagree with the last statement. Commercial caps do work and work
very well (I have three CSI 60kv caps that
have been running for 4 years without problems). However, I have also
recently purchased Geek Group MMC caps for a
0.06uF cap bank. I plan to compare the two types at the same capacitance,
but I expect my commercial caps will run just
as well. It's the "what if's", "ooops", and "$$" which I think make the MMC
a better purchase for mainstream coilers.

Just my two pennies --

Barton B. Anderson
http://www.classictesla-dot-com