Re: Re rolled capacitor plate tabs

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• Subject: Re: Re rolled capacitor plate tabs
• From: Jim Lux <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 17:04:46 -0700
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Original Poster: Gary Lau  20-Jan-1999 1106 <lau-at-hdecad.ENET.dec-dot-com>

> However, since the recent thread on this List about the significance of
> off-axis primary inductance, I'm not so sure that a cap's ESL matters in
> Tesla applications.  It is probably true that ESR is the more significant
> loss mechanism (behind dielectric losses of course) and that this is
> possibly correlated with ESL, but even this may be minor compared with
> gap losses.
> 
I think the ESR is the significant parameter, because it affects the Q
of the primary, and because the heat dissipated affects the max power
you can run.  Extra L just changes the resonant frequency.
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