Re: MMC costs

["Jason Johnson" <hvjjohnson13-at-xxxxxxxxxxx> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-xxxxxxxxxx>)]

> Hi Michael,
>
> For a 120BPS static gap with a 12/30 NST, you need about 9uF.

I think he means 9nf, or 0.009uf.

>
> MMCCalc gives about 3.5 amps RMS for your coil and a 2 string by 12 caps
> per string (2 x 12) MMC of 0.056uF caps.  there are other possibilities
> depending on what caps you can find by MMCCalc2 will figure it all out for
> you.  If you have a sync rotary gap, the MMC value could about double.
>
> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Programs/Mmccalc2.zip
> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Misc/NSTStudy/NSTStudy.htm
>
> Cheers,
>
> Terry


Jason Johnson