Re: TESLAC spit this out

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• Subject: Re: TESLAC spit this out
• From: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com
• Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 14:54:28 -0500 (EST)
• Subscriber: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com Wed Jan 29 21:00:47 1997

In a message dated 97-01-29 02:02:46 EST, you write:

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 Subject: 
         Re: Capacitor info
    Date: 
         Tue, 28 Jan 1997 09:35:45 -0500 (EST)
   From: 
         Motorcap-at-aol-dot-com
     To: 
         randyl-at-ronan-dot-net
 
 
 Thanks for your inquiry -
 
 1 pc. P/N 3887 (0.0066 uF., 20 KVDC) in stock.
 
 Steel Can w/ 2 HV Ceramic Bushings w/ Solder Lugs.
 
 Standard Price - $87.50 ea. but we'll allow you a special
 Student Price -   $35.00 ea.
 
 This is a DC capacitor. Let us know if this will work you you.
 
 Will this work????  If so I better jump on it, I believe.
 
 Thanks again,
 
 Nathan
 -- 
 Nathan Lamphere >>

Nathan,

I would not use it.  To use a DC rated cap in a Tesla coil tank circuit, you
need to triple or quadruple the DC rating to get a safe AC rating.  That
means for a 15 kv AC supply, you would need a DC rating of 45 to 60 kv.  Even
then, the DC rated cap would not be designed for heavy pulse duty
applications and would not perform well.

Ed Sonderman

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