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Re: Home-brew Capacitors
fto: Bill
The 500 pF 30 kV doorknobs are usually DC rated and have a poor dielectric
power factor for RF work. Better to use a pulse duty cap or RF mica
transmitting cap. If you need some we have a bunch of .004 20 kV RF caps
(4,000 pF).
DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net
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> Subject: Re: Home-brew Capacitors
> Date: Wednesday, December 16, 1998 12:04 PM
>
> Original Poster: Bill Fuller <wfuller-at-home-dot-com>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have some 500pF 30KV "doorknob" caps. Does anyone have experience with
how
> well this type holds up in TC use? I will be using a 15KV-at-120mA NST
setup.
> Should I consider using them in a series/paralell configuration of 16
caps to
> get a .02uF, 60KV rating. At ~$10 a piece I would prefer to use just a
> parallel
> arrangement to keep the cost down.
>
> Any recommendations from you experts out there??
>
> Bill Fuller
>