Re: MMC or Maxwell? Which is better?

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

IMHO, I would not consider using a commercial cap at all.  There are many 
stories of expensive commercial cap failures.  The Geek groups caps never 
seem to fail.

The charts the Geek group uses assumes 200% voltage margin, 150% RMS and 
Peak current margin, 100% voltage reversal, etc...   The quality of the 
Geek caps is untouchable buy the basically hand made commercial caps.  MMC 
also contain no oil.

If one were going to pay say $500 for a commercial cap, ask them if it is 
rated for Tesla coil use.  When they say no, believe them...

Cheers,

         Terry

At 07:21 AM 2/26/2004, you wrote:
>  I'm wondering what is the opinion of the experienced coilers and 
> experts. Which is the better choice for a TC tank cap, an MMC of CDE 
> 942Cs or commercial pulse cap such as Maxwell.