Re: pulse cap

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Original poster: "Fred Bultman by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <royaloakmin-at-home-dot-com>


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Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: pulse cap


> Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
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>
>
> >Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> ><jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>
> >
> >Hi (name???)
> >
> >wicked cap - I am getting one for my coil. To be honest they are the
best,
> >and possibly only the geek caps are better... and I only say possibly :)
> >35nF (0.035uF) white brick, just to be sure.
> >
> >Best R,
> >Jason
>
Hi, Chris is exaclty right, toasting a maxwell really sucks(and it was
$120.00). Now that I have my Geek Group MMC, my spark length has increased
at least 10% and I also have the ability to change my capacitance when ever
I want. Also, My maxwell would get warm after a minute or two, but my geek
MMC always stays cool. For your money a MMC is going to work out better than
a Maxwell. One other thing that I should point out is that not all Maxwells
are the same. Some are designed for prototyping and have a shorter life than
a standard one. Maxwell used to have a really nice webpage with model
numbers and life expectancies, although after they were bought out by
General Atomics I think the page was shut down.

Jim Bultman
G-3 1141



> Having seen firsthand the look on Jim's face when his $100 Maxwell became
a
> $100 doorstop in the middle of our Summer Teslathon I would have to say
that
> the reliability, price, and performance of the Geek Group MMC caps would
> have to blow not only Maxwells, but all commercial pulse caps away. Jim's
> cap sits on the shelf in my office as a reminder. Tesla Coils are flaky
toys
> as it is, anything that improves the reliability of the system is a great
> help to the builder.
>
> www.thegeekgroup-dot-org !
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> duck
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> Christopher A. Boden Geek#1
> President / C.E.O. / Alpha Geek
> The Geek Group
> www.thegeekgroup-dot-org
> Because the Geek shall inherit the Earth!
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