Re: Capacitor Question

["Ed Phillips" <evp-at-xxxxxxxxxxx> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-xxxxxxxxxx>)]

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> I have a High Energy brand capacitor that I am using in my
> 10 kVA Medusa Tesla system and I was hoping someone
> may be able to tell me the original application of this unit.
> It is part # -CS414/N 545-04 and manufactured April 23, 1984.
> This monster consist of (12) identical .0275 uFD, 42 KVDC
> pulse caps encapsulated in a single 3" X 5" X 25" long white
> poly plastic unit. I've externally bussed it for (2) strings of 6 for a
> total value of .0825 uFD -at- 84 KVDC. It only weighs about 12 lbs.
> but easily digest 10 kVA with virtually no external warming above
> ambient temperature. I was able to contact High Energy about the
> cost of another one and it was over --are y'all ready for this-- $1500!
> I purchased mine from a fellow Tesla buddy for a mere $95, in-
> cluding shipping! I've heard that there may be another one or two
> of these out there in surplus and it would be nice to get my hands
> on another one!
> 
> Keeping ' em Sparkin' in Memphis,
> David Rieben

	The capacitors were almost certainly part of a pulse forming network. 
The question is for what?  Probably a laser.

Ed