Re: REAL CAPACITOR (where can i buy one?)

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 4/9/01 8:52:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
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> . I have the school's permission to buy a capacitor with pretty 
> much an unlimited budget. I have lots of cash and i want a capacitor that 
> will make my tesla coil kick! 
> I want a professional Polypropylene pulse discharge capacitor, so where do 
> i 
> buy one? I am in New Brunswick, Canada, so i want it from a company that is 
> somewhere on this side of the planet! I am not really interested in MMC's 
> because i have heard from a reliable source that they suck, performance 
> wise, compared to professional pulse caps. 
> I have a 1kva 120:4200 PT and i am feeding 300v into it. I am using a 20 
> ohm 
> 4.5 amp max rheostat and a burned out 250va 10000v oil burner igniter in a 
> series with the pt for current limiting. I have no idea what is coming out 
> of the PT, except that it is somewhere around 10500v. I have been running 
> it 
> this way for a few months now and it never gets warm. Is there some way 
> that 
> i can calculate just what is coming out of it so i can determine what size 
> of capacitor i will need. 
> Any help, advice and/or comments would be greatly appreciated! 
>                                                            Sincerely, 
>                                                            Drew Murray 


Hi Drew! 
Alltronics of San Jose California has a few Maxwell #37667s (0.03uF -at-35KV) 
that they have been selling on eBay.  You might also check their online 
catalogue <www.alltronics-dot-com> or email them at alltronics_sj-at-hotmail-dot-com 
Matt D.