Re: New MMC has MASSIVE issues

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <vardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi,

I doubt "mylar" will work.  The dielectric heating of mylar in an MMC 
will be dramatic.  You need to us polypropylene as the 
dielectric.  There is no other option.

http://hot-streamer.com/TeslaCoils/MMCInfo/good-bad.txt

Cheers,

        Terry


At 08:25 PM 11/28/2005, you wrote:
> Hi, remember me saying i am creating a new MMC, rated double my previous cap?
>
> I did that!, and it is closer to matching my NST also.
>
> BUT HERES THE ISSUE:
> *If I look carefully I can see dielectric breakdown on 2 of 12 
> capacitors, while in use
> *The Mylar heats up fast
> *My MMC randomly sparks from one capacitor to another. Sometimes it 
> wont do this at all.
>
> HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE! when I had an 18KV rated MMC, and it gradually 
> broke down. But when i inserted my new MMC, rated 36KV, the MMC 
> began to degrade faster than my old one.
>
> HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE!!!!!?
>
> Wow, i just want a working MMC.
>
> Any solid ideas as to why this is happening, terry? It really is 
> very dissappointing.