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Re: Welcome and 1st questions (fwd)





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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 20:48:15 +0200
From: Pete <casius-at-cyberserv.co.za>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Welcome and 1st questions (fwd)

Hi,

My name is Pete from South Afrika. I don't see why the caps you have should not
work. I have put 8  x 0.05uF caps rated at 10kV in series with pretty good
results. I did the same with six 0.1 uF caps as well.

Regards
Pete

Tesla List wrote:

> [NOTE: The attached word document was not sent out to the list --- Chip]
>
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> Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 07:52:17 +0300
> From: Marco Denicolai <marco-at-vistacom.fi>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Welcome and 1st questions
>
> Hello to everybody on the list!
>
> I'm a new Tesla Coil builder and I'm building a 4"-secondary coil system. The
> tank circuit is fed with 8KV generated from microwave oven surplus parts.
> And, of course, I got a lot of questions...:)
>
> My first question:
> ******************************************************************************
> I got some surplus Maxwell capacitors model 30561 0.1uF 25KV with following
> specs:
>
> Capacitance: 0.1uF 25KV
> Rated peak current: 5 KA
> Max peak current: 25 KA
> Max ripple freq.: 10 KHz
> Max RMS current: 25 A RMS
> Max Dissipation factor: 0.3% -at- 120 Hz
> Inductance: 80 nH
>
> They are enclosed in metal cans and have got ceramic terminals. I don't know
> about the dielectric used.
> Will they work with my Tesla Coil (frequency about 150 KHz) or will they
> warm-up in 10 seconds and blow?
> ******************************************************************************
>
> My second question:
> ******************************************************************************
> Please, check my tank power supply schematics (no filters yet included): any
> chance that it would NOT work for a Tesla Coil? See the attached Word file.
> ******************************************************************************
>
> Best Regards