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

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Original poster: "cd by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <vbprg1-at-hotmail-dot-com>

I am going to build a MMC I need one
and
I would like to say why...

$4.00 for a pe2 bucket
$1.00 for lid
$10 to $15 for 20 feet of 8 awg bare copper
$3 for generic table salt
$4 dollars for mineral oil
beg 4x 1.5 liter wine bottles from a local bartender....
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7.5 nf  capacitor

This capacitor is safe and cheap.....but weighs a ton and is hudge.....
Building this type of cap puts a limit on your coil....
More than 2 buckets becomes ridiculous....
I takes a box 36 inches long 24 inches wide and 22 inches tall
to barely house 4 of the things....

MMC is the solution = nice small size + large capacitance comparativly
Chris Dowdy


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


> 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>
> >
> >
> >
> >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.
> >
> >Dan
> >
>