Re: MMC - Sufficient Capacity?

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>

Hi,

I don't think anyone has ever tried anything like this before.  I assume 
the caps or polypropylene film types and not electrolytic.  Let us know if 
it works ;-)

Cheers,

         Terry


At 02:08 PM 10/21/2003, you wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I was hoping somebody can help me out with a 'problem' I've run in to. I'm 
>in the process of making an MMC. It consists of 94 audio grade caps in 
>series, rated at 160 V by 3.3 mf. This amounts to approx. 15 kV and 35 nf. 
>Will this be adequate considering my transformer (dual parallel 10 kV 50 
>mA NST's)? I might be able to up the cap bank to 100 caps, all rated at 
>160 V, but that would mean adding 6 caps that were made by the same 
>manufacturer, but aren't rated at the same capacitance. These are 160 V 
>4.7 mf caps. Is my current MMC sufficient, should I add these extra caps 
>or do I have to take a totally different approach? Any help would be 
>appreciated.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Koen van den Berg