Re: Huge MMC?

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <twftesla@uswest.net>

Hi,

MMC caps can easily withstand twice their rated voltage.  So you can put
3200 volts on a 1600 volt caps for special stuff.  However, the quarter
shrinker needs like 100uF I think, so you would need many many caps or many
big snubbers.  Probably in that size, the surplus commercial caps are by
far the best.  for a single pulse discharge application, MMC caps are
probably overkill.  Just the old oil/paper/poly caps do that very well at a
vastly reduced cost.

Cheers,

	Terry


At 07:47 PM 12/9/2000 +0000, you wrote:
>Terry has frequently mentioned that RMS current will kill our MMC caps.
>
>How peak current sensitive, and voltage sensitive are they?
>
>I was wondering if a string of 2 or maybe 3 1600 volt caps would withstand a 
>10Kv charge to be part of an MMC for a Quarter Shrinker type device, or 
>exploding water, or any of the other pulsed power devices.
>Could an MMC of ________(fill in type/number) caps compare with a surplus 
>Maxwell cap from Surplus sales of Nebraska?
>
>Thanks,
>Michael.
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