Re: MMC or Maxwell? Which is better? -- MMC tends to be better for the amateur.

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

Hi,

I guess I should mention that MMC were designed to replace commercial caps 
that failed all the time...

http://www.thegeekgroup-dot-org/projects/MMC/MMC_History.html

If Commercial caps didn't fail, there would not be MMCs now...

Cheers,

         Terry


At 02:59 PM 2/26/2004, you wrote:
>Kreso,
>
>--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> > Original poster: Kreso Bukvic
> > <kreso.bukvic-at-kc.htnet.hr>
> >
> > I blew a maxwell and il buy it again! The MMC will
> > work good if you spend
> > few thousand bucks! Overrating mmc-is bS!
>
>Hmmm.  I've been overrating a Terry (Panasonic) MMC
>for about 5 years now of quite frequent coil use.  No
>problem.  No diminished capacitance, no decreased arc
>length.  I have a maxwell.  It works fine, but no
>better than the MMC, in fact the longest arcs were
>measured during an MMC run.
>
>What is your evidence for the above statement
>regarding overrating MMC's?  I would like to see your
>web page, and/or possibly read your coil specs.  What
>about data?  Computer simulations.....arc lengths?
>
>Coilers on this list know to a high degree of
>certainty (due to failure mode testing) that MMC's
>tend to survive being pushed somewhat beyond their
>ratings.  You may benefit from a little more reading
>on this subject.
>
>-Brett
>
>
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