Re: capacitor

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: capacitor
From: Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 10:11:26 -0700
Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

In a message dated 12/30/1999 1:41:20 AM Mountain Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

> Hello coilers.
>  I've got a 3.3nF capacitor with 40KV DC (Cera-mite). The guy who selled
>  me this said, that I can use 9KV AC with this capacitor. He works very
>  well with a NST. But can I use a car ignition coil with the capacitor as
>  well? The arc from the coil is approximately 1.5 - 2 cm long and has an
>  orange color.
>  Thanks a lot
>  yours Tom
>  
It should work fine.  Ignition coils tend to only produce 25 to 35kV when not 
loaded.  When you place a capacitor across one, the charging of the cap can 
load the ignition coil down to 3 - 4kV, depending on the size of the cap.  
You might wish to keep your gap spacing to about 2 - 3 mm (depending on size 
and shape of electrodes) until you have your coil tuned and working well.  
After that, then maybe increase the gap setting a little at a time to improve 
the output.
Mike