Re: DeltaV/DeltaT vs capacitor roll length.

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Original poster: "Crow Leader" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net> 

They use solid foil conductors and the caps are wired in a zig zag to reduce
inductance.

KEN

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Subject: DeltaV/DeltaT vs capacitor roll length.


 > Original poster: Finn Hammer <f-h-at-c.dk>
 >
 > All,
 >
 > On Kreso`s pictures of the Maxwell 37667 caps, it is obvious that the
 > individual capacitor rolls are as long as the inside of the case, so they
 > are about 5" long.
 >
 > On the spec. sheets that I have seen of (What we now call MMC caps) the
 > dV/dT is dependant on the length of the cap. The small types have a better
 > rating than the bigger types in longer cases.
 >
 > I am wondering how Maxwell manages to produce a cap with superiour dV/dC
 > and still from individual caps that are 3 times as long as the ones we use
 > for MMC`s.
 >
 > Cheers, Finn Hammer
 >
 >
 >
 >