Re: possible large MMC capacitor...

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Original poster: "Mark Broker by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mbroker-at-thegeekgroup-dot-org>

I made a slight mistake.  I meant late 2000, not 1999.

Regards,
Mark Broker
Chief Engineer, The Geek Group


On Sat, 10 May 2003 13:05:15 -0600, Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:

>Original poster: "Mark Broker by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><mbroker-at-thegeekgroup-dot-org>
>
>Actually, we only looked at a handfull of caps.  At the time (late 1999) 
>there were only a few manufacturers out there making foil caps that were 
>known to be good.  CDE was one of them (Robin Copini used a smaller 
>version on his 10kVAish coil Down Under).  We were unable to get ahold of 
>the Wima folks, and Panasonic turned down our proposal.  CDE was 
>practically jumping at the opportunity to help us; and there began our 
>relationship with CDE.  That the CDE caps have turned out to be 
>exceptionally good was actually completely serendipitous.
>
>Regards,
>
>Mark Broker
>Chief Engineer, The Geek Group
>
>
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