Re: What caused capacitor failure?

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Original poster: "Michael Rhodes by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rhodes-at-fnrf.science.cmu.ac.th>


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Actually my first post was incomplete, this is the calculations for
resonant cap for 12kV-at-60mA NST

22/10/2544    14:52:13
NST Voltage Rating  12000
Transformer Current Rating  60 mA
Firing Voltage  16970.52
Desired capacitance value 13.2629 nF (Resonant)

Strings   Caps/String   Cap        Voltage      Temp C    V Rating      T 
Rating   Life expectancy
2           15          13.3         24,000     3.82         Good 
Excellent   45750.85 weeks


>I used the identical capacitors described ordered from DigiKey.  However, I
>only used eight in series as I only needed to support 12kV.  I built three
>strings, but only used two of them in parallel for a total capacitance of
>.014 microFarads (the transformer matches to .013 microFarads).
>
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