RE: [TCML] Ebay I tems

[Bill Miller <screengrid@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

 

     Sorry, but you must have me mixed-up with somebody else.

 

Tnx, 

 

Bill
 
> From: wavetuner@xxxxxxxxx
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [TCML] Ebay I tems
> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:19:54 -0700
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> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Paul Brodie
> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 2:08 PM
> To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [TCML] Ebay I tems
> 
> I don't mean to hurt your sales effort or anything but I have owned several 
> of the Maxwell caps and discovered some problems with using them with Tesla 
> Coils.
> 
> They have a relatively low duty cycle and there have been at least a couple 
> of coilers who have suffered catastrphic failures using these caps. You can 
> search the archives because there was a thread that discussed this at length
> 
> about 3, maybe 4 years back. One person, I can not remember his name, 
> unfortunately, who had his fail and he went to the trouble of disassembling 
> it and taking photos of what had been destroyed.
> 
> If I remember correctly, his solution was to use 2 of them in series to get 
> .015uF and 70kV to use with a 15kV 30mA neon sign transformer. I can not 
> remember any other of the details now. I will try to find it in the archive 
> and pass along what I find. I thought everyone should be aware of this. I 
> seem to remember also that Mr. D.C. Cox was involved in that discussion, if 
> he cares to comment. That is if I'm not wrong, AGAIN! :-) My memory is 
> pretty foggy these days but I am fairly certain he at least made some 
> comments during that discussion.
> 
> This is not to knock these caps at all. I recently sold two of them on eBay 
> myself. Apparently, they are a perfect fit for high voltage flash 
> photography and Kirlian photography as this was the application the buyer 
> was using them for. They are definitely pulse discharge caps and good to 
> 35kV. It is only the duty cycle that I am aware of that presents any 
> problems, which leads me to wonder why using 2 of them in series helped??
> Paul
> Think Positive
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Gates Larocque
> To: Tesla List
> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 13:14
> Subject: [TCML] Ebay I tems
> 
> 
> 
> Hey gang I'm selling a few Items on ebay please take a look.
> 
> Maxwell pulse cap.
> 
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160368739323&ssPageName=ST
> RK:MESELX:ITHv resistors 4 of
> them.http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160368739112&ssPageNa
> me=STRK:MESELX:ITSSTC spark gap board I have a second board no components.
> somewhere and iffoud will be included to buyer for
> free.http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160368738096&ssPageNa
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