RE: Magnifier Primary Capacitors - EQUIDRIVE vs. STANDARD

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Original poster: "David Trimmell" <humanb-at-chaoticuniverse-dot-com> 

Terry, I know the Condenser Products cap I have (bought in '96) is made
of 5-6 series sections. The engineer I talked with described their
manufacturing process to me when I asked. So, what ever the case, I
would love to know if bleeder caps are really more than a safety
(health) device.

Regards,

David Trimmell

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Subject: Re: Magnifier Primary Capacitors - EQUIDRIVE vs. STANDARD

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

Hi D.C.,

It will be interesting to here what they say!  Unlike MMCs, these caps
will
be damaged if residual or unbalanced charges happen to cause a breakdown
in
a cell.  My guess is, the oil is so very slightly conductive.

Of course, this would not be the 20th time I have been proven wrong ;-))

Cheers,

          Terry


At 02:19 PM 1/13/2004, you wrote:

 >Terry has encountered this phenomonea with MMC caps which is quite
unusual
 >because Maxwell and PCI caps both use a series of small caps connected
in
 >series inside the box --- I know Beau Meskin, when I visited the PCI
factory
 >in Chicago, showed me the interior of a 0.1 uF 30 kV cap and it has 22
 >separate small caps all series connected.  This construction would
simulate
 >the series connected MMC technique that we are all presently using, so
why
 >would there be any difference?  Unless, as Dave Sharpe noted, there are
some
 >different effects going on with the equi-drive system.
 >
 >I plan on calling my friends Bob Cooper and Randy Hartsock who are the
 >senior design engineers at Maxwell and pose this question to them.
Perhaps
 >we can get to the bottom of this mystery.
 >
 >Dr. Resonance
 >
 >Resonance Research Corporation
 >E11870 Shadylane Rd.
 >Baraboo   WI   53913
 > >