Re: suggested capacitance

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

In a message dated 8/11/01 1:49:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

> 
>  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

Justin,

best value cap is LTR which is about 0.02uF for your NST using
a static gap, and you can go a little larger using a sync rotary,
up to maybe 0.028uF or so.

John Freau