Alignment of Caps

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Subject: Alignment of Caps
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 00:38:13 -0500
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From: 	Richard[SMTP:esmit-at-ilink.nis.za]
Sent: 	Friday, June 27, 1997 2:53 AM
To: 	tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: 	Alignment of Caps

Hi,

I only have two questions today that is bugging me.

1. When you want the right voltage for a capacitor you put them in serie and
when you want the right capacitance  you put them in paralelle. Which of
these to figures is right.

Fig.1 

                 ||
           |-----||-------| Total .005 uF
           |     ||       |
     ------|              |---------- TOTAL OUTPUT .0053 uF
           | ||  || || || |  
           |-||--||-||-||-| Total .0003 uf
             ||  || || || 
                         
                        

Fig.2 |              
             ||  || || ||   Total .0053 uF
           |-||--||-||-||-|
           | ||  || || || |
           |              |
  ---------|              |-------------- TOTAL OUTPUT .01 uF
           | ||  || || || |  
           |-||--||-||-||-| Total .0053 uF
             ||  || || || 
                          
      


2. I have read about a Tesla coils spark that should bet thick, but my Tesla
coil is giving thin purple arcs, Is it right if it does so or is it wrong?

Thanks.

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