Re: Huge MMC?

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Original poster: "M Fabs" <the_machin_shin@hotmail.com> 


>Just the old oil/paper/poly caps do that very well at a
>astly reduced cost.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Terry


Are there then some mini caps of oil/paper/poly that would be appropriate 
for making a 1PPS (general) cap array?  Has anyone come across any?






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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