Re: MMC or Maxwell? Which is better?

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Original poster: Chris Roberts <quezacotl_14000000000000-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

Thought that my being one of the 2 geek mmc failures that I should add my 
two cents. =D
If you add all of those strings on the mmc, it could get more expensive 
than the maxwell, but the mmc still has availability and flexibility on 
it's side. You can go right to the geek group's website and order several 
hundred caps to make a super capacitor that would equal the maxwell's 
current rating, along with being able to change the value and voltage 
rating to whatever you want. The only thing is you give the geek group the 
extra grief of trying to fill the order of several hundred caps. =D On the 
other hand, I have found maxwell's to be extremely hard to find, let alone 
finding the perfect value, rating, etc.
Although, IMHO, you can't beat beer bottle caps for price and availability! =D

-Chris

Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
Original poster: "Virtualgod"


 > With respect to the question at hand: which is better, I must mirror Dan
M,
 > Matt D, Terry, and Dr R's comments. There is no question that an
 > appropriate commercial pulse cap has higher current ratings than an MMC,
 > but an MMC will cost significantly less in most circumstances and deliver
a
 > similar performance to a commercial cap.

Of course you could just add more strings (~8Arms/430Apk each) to the MMC
till the current is higher than the pulse cap, though I'm not sure if the
cost would still be cheaper than a pulse cap.