Re: ALCON Capacitors for MMC ...

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

eek, my terms were all nonsense.

still, the math is the same, those units are for for measuring the rate of
voltage change.

KEN
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Subject: RE: ALCON Capacitors for MMC ...


 > Original poster: "BrianB" <brianb-at-antelecom-dot-net>
 >
 > Ken,
 >
 > Sorry but you are incorrect. It is
 >
 > delta/voltage and delta/time
 >
 > Brian B.
 >
 >
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 5:15 PM
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Re: ALCON Capacitors for MMC ...
 >
 > Original poster: "Crow Leader" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net>
 >
 > Discharce Voltage/Discharge Time. Some common units are volts per
 > microsecond as in 2500V/uS. It's obviously a measure of the rate of
 > voltage
 > change. When you get really high, you can destroy the dielectric. Also,
 > some
 > materials are too "slow" for some applications, and simply cannot charge
 > or
 > discharge any faster.
 >
 > KEN
 >
 >
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 12:42 PM
 > Subject: RE: ALCON Capacitors for MMC ...
 >
 >
 >   > Original poster: "Luke" <Bluu-at-cox-dot-net>
 >   >
 >   > May I ask what is meant by dv/dt?
 >   >
 >   > Luke Galyan
 >   > Bluu-at-cox-dot-net
 >   > http://members.cox-dot-net/bluu
 >   >
 >   > -----Original Message-----
 >   > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 >   > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 9:20 PM
 >   > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 >   > Subject: Re: ALCON Capacitors for MMC ...
 >   >
 >   > Original poster: Mark Broker <mbroker-at-thegeekgroup-dot-org>
 >   >
 >   > Rajesh, the product pages state the caps are made with aluminum foil
 >   > using
 >   > the extended foil connection technique.  They look like good ones to
 >   > me!  Although I didn't see a current or dV/dt ratings for them in a
 >   > casual
 >   > scan of the pdf, they may be listed somewhere.  Be sure you don't
 > exceed
 >   >
 >   > the dV/dt or current by too much or you'll have a dead MMC. :(
 >   >
 >   > Have you considered "us?":
 >   > http://www.thegeekgroup-dot-org/mmc/
 >   >
 >   > We ship internationally, and I can get you a quote if you know
 > exactly
 >   > how
 >   > many caps you want and how quickly you want them.  Sometimes we're
 > less
 >   > expensive on the international scene, sometimes not - either way (us
 > or
 >   > Alcon), you should get a pretty good MMC!
 >   >
 >   > Regards,
 >   >
 >   > Mark Broker
 >   > Chief Engineer, The Geek Group
 >   >
 >   >
 >   >
 >   > On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 06:48:54 -0700, Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > wrote:
 >   >
 >   >  >Original poster: "Rajesh Seenivasan" <rajeshkvs-at-hotmail-dot-com> Dear
 > forum
 >   >
 >   >  >members,
 >   >  >
 >   >  >At last, I found a company near my place which manufacture
 >   > PolyPropylene
 >   >  >capacitors.
 >   >  >
 >   >  >http://www.alconelectronics-dot-com/
 >   >  >
 >   >  >In the first page in their web site, the pictures of "Film
 > capacitors,
 >   > box
 >   >  >type with polypropylene dielectric" is seen.
 >   >  >I hope these capacitors can be used for tesla coils also ? (should
 > I
 >   >  >consider dv/dt)
 >   >  >I'm planning to purchase them. Will these caps be okay for MMC ?
 >   >  >
 >   >
 >   >
 >   >
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