Re: bulk buy of super caps?

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Original poster: "Crow Leader by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <presence-at-churchofinformationwarfare-dot-org>

Greetings.

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Subject: Re: bulk buy of super caps?


> Original poster: "Jason by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>
>
> > >  I've examined some charts and have seen that a15kv 0.05uF MMC
> > > might be as few as 4 sets of parallel capacitors. That is not exacly
the
> > > equivalent of high current construction.
>
> I agree with you when you say that an MMC bank that is rated to the
voltage
> that you are running it at is not 'high current' constructed. What I do
(and
> I suspect many people do) is to make the cap string overrted, i.e. my
10/85
> NST uses a 25KV cap string. It is more expensive, but has not failed yet.
> Also, running MMC's at very high breakrates does not seem to damage them
at
> all, but this of course depends on the MMC. I am planning to build a 100nF
> MMC bank for a MOT powered coil, which will run at a breakrate of 400 or
> possibly even 800BPS to get the maximum power to the coil. I know many
will
> tell me that such a high break rate is not neccesary, but I want to
> experiment with the caps, and I can always cut the breakrate down by
> removing electrodes. I doubt that MMC perform less well than 'big caps'
and

Notice the word "doubt". You don't know.

> are in some ways better, because they are so much cheaper and more
> customizable

It is possible cheaper is not always better.

KEN