Re: Paper/Oil Capacitors

["David Trimmell" <davidt-at-pond-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Hi all,

It really is economics. Large pulse caps are just that, LARGE! Big in $$,
but MMC's are a real Tesla Coiler's way of making a entro into 0-10 KVA
(?+) coiling at modest cost. Bang per unit cost, is relative...

My take, MMC Paradigm is great..., but not god speak. Real Pulse Caps due rule!

Reagrds,

David Trimmell
www.ChaoticUniverse-dot-com

At 04:26 PM 8/19/00 , you wrote:
>Original poster: "Edward Wingate" <ewing7-at-rochester.rr-dot-com> 
>
>Tesla list wrote:
>> 
>> Original poster: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>
>> 
>> Hi Greg,
>> 
>>         Two years ago, 1/4 of the posts on this list delt with oil/poly
>caps.  In
>> only a year, MMCs have virtually obsoleted homemade oil caps (I am waiting
>> for them to obsolete the commercial ones too!).
>> 
>>         Rather than list the problems with paper and oil caps, I'll just
>say that
>> MMC caps are better, cheaper, faster, more reliabile, adjustable, don't
>> drift, exact value, don't leak, don't explode......  A number of people who
>> were in the middle of making oil caps stopped in the middle of making them
>> and went to MMCs.  They really are that much better.
>> 
>> http://users.better-dot-org/tfritz/site/MMCinfo/MMC.html
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>>         Terry
>
>Hi Terry,
>
>That's a pretty strong statement.
>
>I think you will have a long wait for MMCs to obsolete commercial pulse
>caps, or have you built quite a few small and large coils using both MMC
>and commercial pulse caps? I just wondered what comparisons your
>statement was based on. I don't expect to see Maxwell, PCI, CP, et all
>offering MMCs any time in the near future!
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Ed Wingate RATCB
>
>