RE: [TCML] MMC failure / question or advice.

["Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>]

Snipping irrelevant text (hint hint)...

My guess is that
1) The power available from an induction coil may be too low to make anything actually go bang.  And/or
2) Could be that the *loaded* voltage from the induction coil may be less than the MMC's breakdown voltage.

Please share more details about the circuit?  What is driving the induction coil?  Is this an automotive ignition coil?  Can you be more precise about the construction of the MMC - just how many constitutes a "bunch"?  What kind of spark-performance are you getting?

Thanks, Gary Lau
MA, USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Ben Sneath
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 12:58 AM
> To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [TCML] MMC failure / question or advice.
>
>
> a very strange thing is happening with the MMC on my 1"
> coil, it is made from a bunch of (i think) .0047uf 270v
> ceramic caps (the little blue ones found in computer psu's),
> and a few others i had laying around (of random values). the
> final ratings were .5nf at something like 5kv. now, they
> havent died yet, but i am running them WAY over-votage. they
> get hammered with 9-11kv from the induction coil that runs
> the TC. WHY HAVE THEY NOT EXPLODED YET??????????
> still working good as new......

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