Re: Capacitors again

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• Subject: Re: Capacitors again
• From: Dan Gowin <gowin-at-epic-1.nwscc.sea06.navy.mil>
• Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 10:27:52 -0500

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> >From Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com Wed Dec 11 23:17:31 1996
> Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 14:36:24 -0500
> From: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Capacitors again
> 
> In a message dated 96-12-10 16:50:52 EST, you write:
> 
> <<
>  Ed,
>         C&H is another supply house that has the exact caps you've
>  called for. I don't have there phone number with me (maybe somebody
>  else has it). But if I remember correctly these litle 40KVDC jewels
>  cost on the order of $30 or more each.
> 
>  My three cents.
>  D. Gowin
>   >>
> 
> Thanks, I did find them in the catalog.  It doesn't look too promising.  The
> largest value is 1000 pf.  I need about .005 mfd so I would need 5 of them in
> parallel - at $30.00 each!  And then all I would have is a 30 kv dc rated
> cap.  I would probably need to put two in series to get a suitable AC voltage
> rating which means I would need ten of them!!
> 
> Thanks for the info.  Ed Sonderman

Ed,
	Without spending money on .06 mil poly to fix your
burned out rolled caps. Call R&D Electronics at (216)441-5577 
or 1(800)642-1123. They've got those cheap red hocky pucks. 
There 5000 pF 16.5 KVDC and don't last long in a Tesla coil, 
but at $2.95 ea. who cares. 

D. Gowin

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