Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com> Of course, you can have the best of both worlds (MMC vs. commercial). My MMC (Multi Maxwell Capacitor) is made of 5 strings of 2 Maxwell 35 kV 30 nF for 70 kV 75nF. http://www.hot-streamer-dot-com/adam/garage/Maxwells_30_nF_35kV_1.jpg Adam