Re: MMC - Sufficient Capacity?

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Original poster: tesla <tesla-at-paradise-dot-net.nz> 

Hi Koen
Do you caps have a makers name and type no would be interested to look at
cap specs and see what excess series L and R lok like

Best
Ted l in NZ
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Subject: MMC - Sufficient Capacity?


 > Original poster: Koen van den Berg <cerberus_rex-at-planet.nl>
 >
 > 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
 >
 >
 >