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Re: MMC vs Maxwell comparison



Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>


>
> John;
>
> When you consider the fairly thin wire leads that connect the individual
> capacitors together in series with respect to the amount of current that we
> ask of them to deliver at the moment the gap fires, I've often wondered if
> this arrangement doesn't limit the MMC's performance compared to a single
> capacitor unit such as your Maxwell.



Daniel, Malcolm, all,

The thin wires may limit the current to some degree, although
they don't get warm.  The warming of the caps showed that they
have some trouble dealing with the current involved.  I didn't notice 
any difference in the sound of the sync gap.  I don't have
any easy way to measure the current in the tank.  Maybe 
someone else will do such a test.  Overall, I'm very satisfied
with the MMC's though.  Certainly, if I used more strings, this
would help, but the way I did the test seemed representative
of how folks use their MMC's.  Malcolm, the Lpri is only 24uH
which is less than I usually use, but representative of what
many coilers use I suppose.  

Cheers,
John


>
> In your comparison tests, did you notice any difference in the sync gap;
> volume, tone, intensity? Do you have a way to measure current through the
> tank for each type of capacitor?