RE: Good Tesla Coil Cap

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Original poster: "Vanderputten, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gvp-at-pvaintl-dot-com>

David, et al,

Due to their wide acceptance and compactness, I am contemplating using one
of these caps, but have a concern. Are these 30 nf caps too large for a
modest 12 kv 360 w with a 3.5x15" secondary? Most tesla calculators
recommend caps smaller than this. What is the effect of too much
capacitance? 

Gary

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Subject:	Re: Good Tesla Coil Cap

Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com>

In a message dated 7/11/01 8:09:29 PM Central Daylight Time,
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes: 


>
> Along the lines of an earlier post, is this cap any good for tc use?
please 
> say 
> yes.. as I already bought it.... It will be in a 9kv 120 ma system. (and 
> hopefully a SRSG) 
>
>
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> gi.ebay-dot-com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1611077340 
>
>


CJ, 

You're in luck. These are good Tesla coil caps , as they are 
designed for very rapid discharge time, high discharge peak 
currents, low ESR and very low inductance, all good qualities 
for a Tesla coil capacitor. I'm not 100 % sure of the dielectric 
material used in these, but I think it does have low losses to 
RFs. 

Happy Coilin, 
David Rieben