Re: primary/mmc stuff

["J. Kooiman" <jkooi-at-wish-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Beatifull Pimary support !!!



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Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 7:19 AM
Subject: primary/mmc stuff


> Original poster: "acmnovak" <acmnovak-at-email.msn-dot-com>
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> Hello everyone,
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> As some of you already know, I'm organizing a bulk MMC buy next week. I
was
> wondering what the consequences of not having bleeder resistors is? Does
it
> cause the cap to fail? Greg Hunters MMC failed and he didn't have
bleeders...
> This is the only failed MMC case I can think of other than ones caused by
> direct strikes from their TC.
> Also, Is it true that you can rate an MMC by it's max DC voltage for your
> transformer? We're going to be getting 1600 v -at- .047uF polypropylene caps,
and
> I was thinking of putting 10 or 12 in a string. What's the minimum I can
get by
> with to save $$$?
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> I've decided on a flat spiral made of copper tubing for my primary. I
would
> have gone with a more "novel" design approach but i wanted to have a
shining
> example of a modern TC.  I'm sick of messing with flashovers and
> overcoupling...
> I got a lexan cutting board from my local Big-K (K-Mart) for $8 which I
will
> use as primary supports. I'm planning on making one as seen here:
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<http://www.fwpd-dot-net/dona/tesla/primary.htm>http://www.fwpd-dot-net/dona/tesla/
> primary.htm
> Only, i'm not going to paint mine and it will be on a plywood table.
> How far does the strike rail have to be before the primary arcs to it?
I'm
> thinking only an inch and a half... Does that sound acceptable?
> How, exactly, would one mount these supports other than screws? I was
thinking
> of cutting little blocks of HDPE and gluing them to the side of the
supports
> and then using nylon bolts to hold them down... Just a thought.
> Thanks,
>
>         -Michael
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