Re: suggested capacitance

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Justin,

For a 15/60 NST:

Resonant:  10.61nF
Static gap LTR:  15 - 17nF
Rotary (triggered) sync gap LTR:  28nF

Cheers,

	Terry

At 02:16 AM 8/11/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>I am thinking of building a MMC for my coil, but I have no idea what the best 
>capacitance would be. I downloaded TCCAD, which will calculate the best 
>capacitance to use with a given transformer. The program was designed for 
>British coilers, and it calculates the capacitance with the mains frequency 
>at 50 Hz. Does that make a difference? What is the best capacitance for a 15 
>kV 60 mA NST?
>                                    Justin
>