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From: Bert Hickman [SMTP:bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com]
Sent: Monday, January 26, 1998 8:27 AM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: capacitors
Tesla List wrote:
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> From: Kevin Wahila [SMTP:wawa-at-spectra-dot-net]
> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 1998 11:03 AM
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: capacitors
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> is it better to make one capacitor of X uFwith a dielectric of 90 mils or
> to make three capacitors of 30 mils and then series them to come up with X
> uF and a total of 90 mils dielectric.
>
> thanks
> Kevin
Kevin,
You'll end up with a more reliable configuration by using multiple,
identically constructed, capacitors in series since the voltage stress
will be equally shared across each cap. Each 30 mil dielectric cap
should also use 2 or more dielectric layers to reduce the probability
that a defect in one layer will cause dielectric breakdown of the unit.
This is one construction secret that commercial HV capacitor vendors use
that you can as well...
-- Bert --