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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 --