RE: MMC Capacitor testing Metalized polypropalene...

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>

They looked intriguing initially, but look at the small physical size as
compared to "good" caps that we use.  It's doubtful that these would be
suitable for anything beyond a small mini-coil.  And since the uF values
are rather on the high side, you can't use many parallel strings to
reduce the current per device.

But like most things, it's very possible that Chinese imports may one
day soon be competitive with conventional sources, so it's good to keep
an eye there!

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA


> Original poster: "Jim Mora" <jmora@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hello All,
>
> Terry is way too busy inventing the future of our hobby But these
> caps keep showing up on ebay. They are made in China and seem to be
> high quality much like the Panasonic we used to use. I'm not much on
> foil ends and all that so I was wondering if anyone would like to
> torture test them and put them on the good/bad list. I have a couple
> dozen .33uf @ 2KV to use as filters. I was surprised that they have a
> 1uf 2KV version as well. They may be useful as they are very
inexpensive.
>
> Ebay 160046927257 available in 1000's. Heck they may be great for
crossovers.
>
> Jim Mora
>