FW: Polyester Film Capacitors

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Original poster: "Dale Hall by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Dale.Hall-at-trw-dot-com>

Tom,
I do, but only for <10 bangs for sec and usually <5 for m SS DC TC.
They are lossier than PP and will heat up at fast bang rates.

I feature a custom designed and built model achieving a 
38" 5 Joule discharge using a small 12v battery drawing .05A (<1 watt !!)
It uses two .1uF 10kV mylars (polyester film)
It is the model I use as for demonstration at presentations.

http://www.cowmail-dot-net/dalehallDCTC.html/

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Temp/

Regards, Dale

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Subject: Polyester Film Capacitors


Original poster: "The Backs by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<tcback-at-cbpu-dot-com>

Has anyone tried using polyester film capacitors in their MMC's?  They are 
significantly cheaper, and I was curious as to whether or not they would 
work well.

Thanks

Tom