Re: Capacitor life?

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Original poster: Kreso Bukvic <kreso.bukvic-at-kc.htnet.hr> 

Here is the problem i run my coil almost every day and it somtimes works in
30 min bursts but SW caps are really anoying.
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Subject: Re: Capacitor life?


 > Original poster: "Christopher Boden" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 >
 > Unless you're doing something really insane, if you design and build your
 > MMC system following the rules and instructions posted on our website
 > (written by Terry F.), the MMC array will likely last longer than any
other
 > part of your coil. We have several banks that habe been in regular use
here
 > for several years now on everything from small NST coils (down to 6") up
to
 > Haruka (15" coil) and Gemini (12" bipolar coil).
 >
 > We have never had a failure, ever.
 >
 > In the thousands of caps we've sold, we have only seen 2 failures, and
both
 > of those were due to bad design (caps too close together, or to somethign
 > else).
 >
 > So, as fas as their life. We don't know. You put enough hours on your coil
 > to kill them and let us know. Though, remember, you will have gone through
 > hundreds of gaps and a dozen or so transformers first ;)
 >
 > Also remember that to accumulate an hour of runtime on your coil can
easily
 > take months, or even years (unless you're a freak living at Geekhouse or
 > something). These are things that most likely run in 5-15 second bursts.
 >
 >
 > Christopher "Duck" Boden Geek#1
 > President / C.E.O. / Alpha Geek
 > The Geek Group
 > www.thegeekgroup-dot-org
 > Because the Geek shall inherit the Earth!
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > >From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > >To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > >Subject: Re: Capacitor life?
 > >Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 07:55:08 -0700
 > >
 > >Original poster: "Philip Brinkman" <peeceebee-at-mindspring-dot-com>
 > >
 > >Has this question been answered? How long do the MMC capacitors last? Is
it
 > >30 minutes?
 > >I was going to buy some from Geekgroup, but not if they only last that
long!
 > >Thanks, Phil Brinkman
 > >
 > >
 > > > [Original Message]
 > > > From: Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > > > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > > > Date: 1/13/2004 3:19:11 PM
 > > > Subject: Re: Capacitor life?
 > > >
 > > > Original poster: "Peter Terren" <pterren1-at-iinet-dot-net.au>
 > > >
 > > > Both Robin Copini and myself have used 330nF CD caps
 > > > http://members.iinet-dot-net.au/~pterren/tesla_coil_latest1.htm#Capacitor
 > > >
 > > > http://www.geocities-dot-com/rcopini/
 > > >
 > > > Cheers
 > > > Peter (Tesla Downunder)
 > > >
 > > > ----- Original Message -----
 > > > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > > > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 10:59 PM
 > > > Subject: Re: Capacitor life?
 > > >
 > > >
 > > >  > Original poster: Kreso Bukvic <kreso.bukvic-at-kc.htnet.hr>
 > > >  > Some guy on the list used 330 nf CD caps? Could he give me any
data?
 > > >
 >
 >