Re: MMC's

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• Subject: Re: MMC's
• From: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>
• Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 07:10:01 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Cermaics will NOT work!  You NEED "metalized polypropylene" designed for
high voltage use.  Any other cap will burn up under the high voltage and
high current stress of a Tesla coil.  You also need a higher value than
100pF.  See my other MMC post today for more details.

Cheers,

	Terry


At 07:06 AM 12/27/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>i have my eye on some caps in a catalog, they are HV ceramic caps, 3Kv -at- 
>100pF. i was wondering if i could use them for the MMC i am planning to 
>build, and if i would have to put a resistor in parrallel with them; and if 
>so, what value? i am planning to use 159 caps.
>

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