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

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Original poster: "bob golding by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <yubba-at-clara-dot-net>

Hi All,
    Yes it was me who made the adjustable cap with the tubes. I am not
using it at the moment as I
overvolted it on my rotary and killed it.:-(( Before that it had been
working fine with my static
gap. If anyone wants more pictures of the design let me know. Thanks Mark.

cheers
bob golding

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Mark Hales by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<markhals-at-dircon.co.uk>
>
> > Also, an MMC is semi variable as compared to a single cap. I dont remember
> > who it was, but he had designed
> > an MMC in such a manner that all one had to do was add additional "tubes"
> > of caps to the holding device (
> > very nice design) to increase/decrease capacitance.
>
> Try Bob Golding, UK coiler. He subscribes to this list.
> His MMC is of the design you describe. Series strung caps in tubes that are
> then clipped in springy U clamps around a larger tube in parallel.
> Nice design which is very variable for capacitance and very quick to change
> value.
> Pix can be seen at the TCBOUK site under events/corby teslathon2000.
> Over to you Bob?!
> Cheers, Mark Hales.