Re: The GE Xray caps....-> Fair Radio Sales caps (fwd)

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: The GE Xray caps....-> Fair Radio Sales caps (fwd)
From: Tesla List <mod1-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 20:48:21 -0600 (MDT)
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Date: Wed, 5 Aug 98 08:12:29 EDT
From: Gary Lau  05-Aug-1998 0758 <lau-at-hdecad.ENET.dec-dot-com>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: The GE Xray caps....-> Fair Radio Sales caps

>    In a Fair Radio Sales flyer I got they had .01=uF 100Kvdc caps from
>goverment surplus. Could these be used for tesla service like rating them
>for 50Kvac? They are 5" X 10" X 2.5" and have 1" #12 studs on either end.

I use one of these.  With a 15KV/60mA NST, I get 42" sparks.  The cap does
get slightly warm in spots after a 30-60 second run, so I'm careful to limit
the run times.  I've tried hard but have been unable to learn anything more
about the nature of these caps.  Anyone else?

Gary Lau
Waltham, MA USA