Capacitor decision

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Original poster: "Steve White by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <slwhite-at-zeus.ia-dot-net>

I am building a pig-powered coil (5 KVA). My design will require a capacitance
of 0.06 uf. I currently own 2 Maxwell 0.03 uf capacitors which I plan to
parallel to obtain 0.06 uf. Each cap is rated at 35 KV. I think that this is
marginal. I can do one of two things to boost the voltage rating. I can obtain
6 more Maxwells ($$$) of 0.03 uf and connect the resulting 8 caps in
series-parallel to obtain 0.06 uf at 70 KV. My second option is to run my
current two Maxwells until failure if it happens. At that point, I can build an
MMC array for a lot less than 6 more used Maxwells. Does anyone have experience
with MMC arrays powered from pigs? Can they take it? Suggestions welcome.