Re: MMC vs Maxwell comparison

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Original poster: "S.Gaeta by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <sgtporky-at-prodigy-dot-net>

Actually, I am only using 2 strings :-O
The value is .01uF, and the NST is a 5/60. I used 7.5/60 in the preliminary
testing phase, but oddly, it didn't seem to give much of an improvement over
the 5/60. The cap size would cause the breakrate to be naturally higher than
with a power resonant cap (.032uF).

For a few reasons, the Radical Radio is not an example of a well designed
tesla coil. It is more of an "Object de Art".

Sue

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Subject: Re: MMC vs Maxwell comparison


> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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>
> In a message dated 2/22/02 10:32:39 AM Eastern Standard Time,
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> writes:
>
> Hi Sue,
>
> Understood.  My caps are very open and free to air flow.  I seem
> to remember that you used only a few strings, maybe 3 of them,
> as I did?  I also seem to remember you used a 6/60nst, although
> the bang size was probably smaller due to the static gap.  Then
> again the bps was probably higher.  So overall, it does seem
> strange to me that we're seeing such a difference in cap heating.
>
> Cheers,
> John