Re: Use MMC's, not build your own. . .

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Original poster: "Mark W. Stolz by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mark_w_stolz-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Dan, All,

Define "cheap". :-)

For the poor student or out of work coiler (like me), you can't beat the 
cheapness of saltwater capacitors.  Sure they don't have anywhere near the 
same performance of good MMC caps, but even I can afford water and table 
salt. :-)

Mark Stolz
Houston, TX


>Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz 
><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
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>I think with the availability and the ease and proven reliability of MMC's,
>there is no excuse for the beginner to not use MMC type caps.  They're
>cheap, easy to get, and an MMC array is easy to build.  In my opinion,
>building your own caps is not only difficult to obtain great performance or
>reliability, but can present a safety hazard as well, at least for
>beginners.  Oh yeah, they're messy too.  Of course, for a more experienced
>coiler, building your own caps can be satisfying especially if you make the
>rest of your coil "historical like.", but for the beginner, i don't think
>building caps is feasable.
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>Dan
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