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,

They are not to replace bad ones ;-))

But an interesting question?

Chris -  I think I sold about 4000+ of the Panasonic caps.  Can you tell us 
how many of the Geek Groups caps you have sold?  To how many people?  That 
might be a good indicator of how many coilers there really are out 
there.  I think the Tesla list here has about 1500 members.

Cheers,

         Terry


At 06:51 PM 2/26/2004, you wrote:
>If your caps last forever, why do people keep buying more?
>
>KEN
>
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>Subject: Re: MMC or Maxwell? Which is better? -- MMC tends to be better for
>the amateur.
>
>
> > 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
> > >