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Re: Build own capacators



Original poster: "david baehr" <dfb25@xxxxxxxxxxx>


for sure, as far as transporting, them big ol' oil filled caps suck,......ok, I want to try an MMC. I need a value of about .035mfd , how many caps do I need ??? Whats my cost $ ? Does an mmc really out perform a oil/rolled cap ??


From:  "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To:  tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject:  Re: Build own capacators
Date:  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:53:53 -0700
>Original poster: tesla popp <teslas_lab@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>I will publically applogize for hurting the feelings
>of good ol' Matt.  My point is this (and lets end it
>here): if you want your coil(s) to last FOREVER,
>Forget about homemade capacitors.  Any new comer that
>has the desire for a Quality coil should build an MMC!
>SIMPLE AS THAT...
>
>If you truely belive that you "MUST" build a messy,
>cumbersome, oil filled homemade cap; build it with the
>understanding that it will inevitably FAIL.  Unless it
>takes up more space than your entire coil itself it
>will die!  This has been proven time and time again.
>
>I can count on one hand, the number of coilers I know
>whos homemade caps have lasted thru the years.  And of
>those coils that use such capacitors, the preformance
>is nothing to brag about either.
>
>So go ahead and motivate yourself however you see fit.
>  But when it comes time to pack your coil in the back
>of your car for the big show;  I'd like to see you put
>all those bulky leaking caps back there along with the
>rest of your coil in less than a miunit like I can!
>
>Ok, I'm done ranting, take the facts for what they
>are, FACTS...
>Coiler Forever: Jeremiah Popp
>
>
>
>--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Original poster: Mddeming@xxxxxxx
> >
> > In a message dated 12/15/05 3:57:15 P.M. Eastern
> > Standard Time,
> > tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
> >  >Original poster: tesla popp <teslas_lab@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >  >Matt, you're missing the real point: HOMEMADE CAPS
> >  >SUCK!
> >  >Excuse me for being so blantent, but if you can
> > tell
> >  >me even ONE instance where a home capacitor has
> >  >Out-Preformed, Outlasted, or been "More Compact"
> > than
> >  >the cd942 MMC (when made properly), I will belive
> > that
> >  >there is a future for the homemade cap!
> >
> > I am not missing what you call the "real point" . I
> > was merely
> > pointing out that there is more than one significant
> > "point": that
> > being that there is more to what motivates some
> > humans than just efficiency.
> >
> > <;-)
> >
> >  >Yes I AM stepping on some peoples toes here, but
> > it's
> >  >NOT because Im an a**hole.
> >
> > Oh No? ? I guess one needs a much longer personal
> > temporal axis to
> > appreciate different aspects of creativity.
> >
> >  > It's because I've wasted
> >  >TOO MUCH TIME AND MONEY building my own caps, only
> > to
> >  >have them fail!  I do care about the well being of
> > the
> >  >list members and I know how much it sucks to have
> > a
> >  >capacitor fail.  Please take my word on this, MAKE
> > AN
> >  >MMC!
> >
> >
> > For the majority for whom efficiency is their sole
> > motivating factor,
> > your suggestion is right on the mark.
> >
> >  >Im sorry to offend you who have lasting homemade
> > caps,
> >  >but I push my coils (and there caps) very hard,  I
> >  >just ran one of my twins for 48 minuts.  The only
> >  >thing that got warm was the tranny, THE MMC
> > REMAINED
> >  >COLD!  A run of 30+ minutes is very common here
> > and
> >  >only the cd942 MMC has been flawless and lasted in
> >  >this area.
> >
> > BRAVO! BUT it is irrelevant to the point I was
> > trying to make.
> > Someday you may understand why my neighbor has more
> > personal pride in
> > his horribly inefficient hand-made replica of a 1903
> > Oldsmobile with
> > tiller steering than he does in the Mercedes that he
> > bought new off
> > the lot last year, or why one of my grandsons is
> > building a
> > wood-planked sailboat.(with hand-sewn canvass and
> > hemp rope lines)
> >
> >
> > Coiler Forever: Jeremiah Popp
> >
> > PS: Cake mix won't EXPLODE and hurt you if you cook
> > it
> > to long.
> >
> > Have you ever seen a flour mill explosion?
> >
> >
> > Matt D.
> >
> > You might check out Maslow's work on the differences
> > in what motivates people.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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