RE: MMC bank vs. Maxwell

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Original poster: Keith Garvin <jeutg@xxxxxxxxx>


Many thanks for the feedback everyone!

--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: "Jim Mora" <jmora@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi Keith,
>
> One big benefit is to have multiple taps on the cap
> banks. I am building a
> "quick connect" MMC that will be shared by two very
> different sized coils
> (an 8" and a 12"). Furthermore, the .03 Maxwells are
> only rated to 1/2 their
> voltage rating in reversals. Many would argue the
> "self healing" of the CD
> snubber caps we are using can take nearly their full
> DC voltage rating if
> there are sufficient strings to properly handle the
> current.
>
> By the way if I sold you on MMC's I am looking for a
> .03 Maxwell for a
> voltage doubler :-))
>
> Jim Mora
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 5:38 PM
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: MMC bank vs. Maxwell
>
> Original poster: Keith Garvin <jeutg@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Hello all - I been coiling since '97 but was out of
> the jist of things while working for the past four
> years and now getting back into it.  I have a couple
> Maxwell caps .03uf, 35Kv I got about five years ago
> before moving and work taking over too much of my
> life...
>
> MMC banks seem to be the thing to do now and I was
> wondering: are there are any benefits, other than
> the
> cost/availability, between using an MMC bank or my
> two
> Maxwell caps in serries.
>
> Regards and thanks in advance!
> Keith
>
>
>