Re: MMC or Maxwell? Which is better?

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Original poster: "Harold Weiss" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com> 

Hi All,

What I remember from "99" was $600 area for a .05uF 50KV double ended pulse
cap, and about $300 for a .01uF.  8 weeks before they could get it out the
door, and a minimum order of $2000 or 4 pieces.  The price undoubtedly has
gone up since 99.  But that was new Maxwell's back then.

David E Weiss

 > Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
 >
 > I haven't priced new Maxwell caps recently, but I'll bet the LEAST
expensive
 > ones suitable for a TC are going to be >$1000 each. I seem to recall that
 > low rep rate (1 pulse/sec) storing a few kJ were about $1100, 6 kJ -at- 20 kV
 > (30uF) was $2500.    The price per kilojoule is pretty constant... high
rep
 > rate caps suitable for a TC are going to be a lot more expensive (on a per
 > joule stored basis)
 >
 > You can buy a heck of a lot of brand new geekgroup caps, lay out a PC
board,
 >    and pay a "trained professional" to assemble them for that.
 >