Re: Historical MMC "Uno" needs a home

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Original poster: "Brian by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ka1bbg-at-webryders-dot-net>

Hi, Uno definately deserves a nice protective case, and a place to be seen
and preserved. I have no such place but time is now for one of you guys to
dust off a shelf and make a home for Uno! cul brian f.
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Subject: Historical MMC "Uno" needs a home


> Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
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> Hi All,
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> Remember the wild days of MMCs!  When people laughed at the idea.  When
> results were so amazing we could hardly type them to the list.  When oil
> filled poly caps "stopped" in the middle of construction...
>
> Now days, it seems MMCs have been here forever!  But the world of Tesla
> coiling was profoundly changed by MMCs "overnight"!
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> However, there is one little MMC that sort of got lost in it all.  It's
> name is "Uno" ("one" is Spanish).  Little Uno's claim to fame is that it
is
> the "first" MMC.  Lots of caps got strung together before it, but Uno was
> "designed" as an MMC.  First to use Panasonic caps.  First to use 10Meg
> drain resistors.  First to have isolated selectable strings.  First to use
> foil high current poly caps.  First to have self healing construction.
> First to actually work :-))
>
> Most of the MMC design equations were based off testing of little Uno.  It
> was the "first" of a revolution in Tesla coiling.
>
> But today, Uno sits collecting dust.  Spiders use Uno to string there
webs.
>  Mice scurry past Uno noting that it in not edible.  Uno warps it's shape
> to the pile of junk it sits on...
>
> Sooo, Uno needs a home with a little respect!  I doubt the Smithsonian
> would be interested unless it was for an "Edison coil" :o))  The Queen's
> royal jewels probably have taken up all the space at Buckingham Palace.  I
> don't think the Vatican would "understand"...  The Tesla museum in
Colorado
> springs has evaporated.  The one in Belgrade is more geared toward Tesla
> and old stuff...
>
> I can't throw Uno away =:O  It still works fine!  But I never use it.  I
> was thinking of making a nice little display case for it...
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> So, does anyone have a home or know a place were Uno could sit in the fame
> it deserves?  It's free to anyplace that could respect it for what it is.
> I would like to think that 100 years from now, Uno would be looked upon by
> future Tesla coilers who would find it necessary to have there pictures
> taken next to it...  Perhaps Uno could be some kind or part of a Tesla
> coiling "trophy" or something...  Maybe one of the "pro" coilers has a
> shelf that needs filling...
>
> Hard to say what to do with a piece of "modern" Tesla coiling history...
>
> Pics of Uno today are at:
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> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/Uno-front.jpg
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> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/Uno-back.jpg
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> Pics of Uno at work in the good old days are at:
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> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/MMCInfo/orig/
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> So I am looking for ideas on a home for Uno...
>
> Cheers,
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> Terry
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