Re: 120kV capacitors available

[Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>]

I remember seeing these caps when I was there a year ago or so. They
seemed a little overboard for what i was doing at the time (purchasing a
small NST for a scrounged, diminuative coil), but I remember an employee
stating that someone from the TCBOR had purchased several identical caps
from them. They might be able to help with extra info on them.
BTW, the Grande Junquetion has an interesting tesla coil, a prime example
of fine craftsmanship under poooooor design ideas...


-The Electrophile-
Grayson Dietrich
Medina, OH
See my HV Haven (it does NOT do jusctice!)
www.geocities-dot-com/WestHollywood/Stonewall/2509/index.html


On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 07:30:44 -0600 Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> writes:
>Original Poster: "Michael J. Veach" <veachm-at-sunyit.edu> 
>
>I am very interested in obtaining capacitors like this. I'm working on
>something for which I might need this kind of voltage rating. They 
>would
>be great for a very-high-power Tesla coil! Please post any info you 
>may
>have on them. Thanks.
>
>Mike Veach.
>
>
>Tesla List wrote:
>> 
>> Original Poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov>
>> 
>> almost certainly a standard energy discharge cap from the 70's.. 1 
>kJ
>> capacity..
>> 
>> $1/pound is the going high surplus (i.e. in a retail store) for this 
>kind of
>> thing...
>> 
>> Won't run at 120 kV in air, I'll bet... The creepage distance from 
>the
>> terminal to the case is probably short enough that you'd have to run 
>it in
>> oil or SF6.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>> Date: Monday, June 21, 1999 1:15 PM
>> Subject: 120kV capacitors available
>> 
>> >Original Poster: Alan McIntyre <alan-at-fusion.pair-dot-com>
>> >
>> >Hi all,
>> >
>> >    I was in the local 'you-name-it-we-got-it' store here in 
>Virginia
>> >Beach, and I saw three 120kV, 0.15uF capacitors for sale.  Looked 
>very
>> >nice - the cap body was about 1 foot square, 2 ft high, with a 
>single
>> >terminal about 1ft high (nice ceramic insulator).  If I go back 
>soon, I
>> >may get a pic if anyone is interested.  Not sure how much they 
>weigh,
>> >but they're NOT light.  The price was $150 each - which I would 
>reckon
>> >is a good deal.
>> >    If anyone is interested, I can get the address/phone # of the 
>place
>> >(it's called Grande Junquetion).  I don't know if they ship or not.
>> >
>> >Alan McIntyre
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
>

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