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Re: big cap



Original poster: "Mike Waddick by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Mikew-at-winternet-dot-com>

 Hey,

I have heard that pulse caps use a Mylar dielectric. That would mean they
are not suited for tesla coil duty. I would assume that Mylar is used
because mylarr has a high breakdown voltage (7500v) and also a high
dielectric constant. If you can't find a use for the cap I know someone who
could use it :) ME!!

Those things aren't easy to find, a little off topic but where do people get
these? You can reply to me offline. I would be willing to pay for one if
anyone is willing to sell. It would be GREAT if someone had one in the
Midwest area.

Thanks a lot,

Mike Waddick


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Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 3:26 PM
Subject: big cap


> Original poster: "Loudner, Godfrey by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gloudner-at-SINTE.EDU>
>
> Hi All
>
> I have a 2uF / 63kV cap from an impulse x-ray machine, and I was trying to
> think of a use other than a can crusher. Suppose you needed a 0.1uF cap
for
> a tesla coil tank circuit. I noticed that if a 0.1uF Geek cap is placed in
> series with a 2uF cap, the combined capacitance is 0.095uF (close to
0.1uF).
> The general idea is "tweaking" the 2uF cap with Geek caps to get 0.1uF or
> less. It seems to work on paper, but will it work in reality. It is
possible
> that impulse caps from x-ray machines don't stand up well in tesla duty.
>
> Godfrey Loudner
>
>
>