Capacitors

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <A123X-at-aol-dot-com>

I want to build a tank cap of 28nf or 36nf depending on whether one of my 
15/60's can be fixed. I want to make a triggered gap and I believe those 
would be the right sizes for a 15/60 or 12/60. I was wondering if using lossy 
SWC caps for half the tank cap would outway the benifits of using a triggered 
gap? Am I the only person that thinks that many types of dielectrics come out 
about even when comparing dielectric constant, lossiness, puncture voltage, 
and cost?