Re: [TCML] Let's try this again... - was: [TCML] MMC pics

["Phillip Slawinski" <pslawinski@xxxxxxxxx>]

They look alright to me.  My first caps were bottle caps, man were those
terrible.  They created lots of ozone and wasted tons of energy.  You've got
something there that should give decent performance from the start.

On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 8:34 PM, Nicholas J. Goble <ngoble@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Today I made a new MMC.  I took apart the old one and straightened all
> the leads the best I could.  I then found an unused cutting board (it's
> blue, I hope that doesn't matter) in my kitchen and used it to mount
> the caps.  I drilled holes in the board and cut it lengthwise to make
> two long, narrow boards (it's tough to cut the plastic with a jigsaw;
> it melts behind the blade).  I used too much solder than I wanted to,
> the leads weren't clean.
>
> I made two boards of six caps.  The caps are in series with the
> resistors parallel.  Pictures submitted for approval.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/28523883@N06/2662861930/in/photostream/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/28523883@N06/2662862400/
>
> What do you think?  Are they Tesla worthy??
>
> Nicholas Goble
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