Re: MMC problems

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Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Hi John,

I just had another thought.  Everything I said before still goes I think,
however, the fact that the failures seem to be position dependent (within
the MMC array) makes me think of standing waves.  If I remember correctly,
you had a fairly long path for high current tank connections and maybe some
harmonic of the system was loading up to the demensions of your interconnect
and causing a standing wave.  I really do think you need to keep the
interconnects short for the high current path as well.

Gerry R

 > Original poster: "John Richardson" <jprich-at-up-dot-net>
 >
 > Hi Bill,
 >
 > The MMC is hooked to the outer turn, and the second to last cap blew on
one
 > string twice, and the last cap blew on another string twice.  Strange that
 > we both have the same locations go!
 >
 > John Richardson
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: "teri mckenney" <mck-at-ezy-dot-net>
 >  >
 >  > Hey John,
 >  > This is a long shot, but just out of curiosity does you're mmc hook up
to
 >  > the innermost turn of you're primary or to the outside (tap point)? I
push
 >  > my little mmc
 >  > all the time and hence pop a cap every so often. Nine times out of ten
 > it's
 >  > the second one from the end of a string, the other time's it's the end
 > one.I
 >  > try different things all the time including trying it both ways(inside
and
 >  > outside). I popped more when my mmc was hooked up to the outer turn.I
 > don't
 >  > know if it's
 >  > coincedence or not? Anymore , I keep it hooked up to the inner turn.
 >  > Bill Mck.
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >