RE: first post (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:22:15 -0400
From: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: first post (fwd)

I don't doubt that those Maxwell's worked successfully in your friend's
coil, but find it hard to believe that the external case temperature
could reach anything close to 120C and continue to work.  Usually if a
cap gets more than "detectably warm" by touch, it is considered too warm
and lossy, as the interior would be much warmer.  How was that
measurement made?  

Gary Lau
MA, USA

> From: T476202 A. Wang 2007 <tangara_02@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: first post (fwd)
> 
> Oh Dear...
> 
> The Maxwell 37667 caps from ebay, there's absolutely nothing wrong
with
> them. I knew a coiler friend of mine in Australia (A first time
coiler, we
> started the hobby together) he was too lazy to build a MMC so he
bought a
> maxwell from ebay. Poor a$$ took it up to something like 600bps with
an
> ARSG. It got really hot, around 120 degrees celcius, but didnt go bang
yet.
> 
> The maxwells were designed for pulse duty, and as a result, I have
decided
> to (sooner or later) purhcase one of them for myself.