Re: Condenser Products says...

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

Jim, all

  As an owner of a 0.05 uF 20 kV rms rated Condenser Product capacitor, I
am very pleased with the cap.  I have had it since 1996, and have run it
in a 10 kW Coil running several types of gaps with no problems
whatsoever.  There was some problems with some of the Tesla rated
capacitors some time ago from what I hear.  I strongly agree the need for
capacitor overvoltage gaps as well as transformer safety gaps to limit
higher than normal voltage spikes.  If I needed another similar new
capacitor I would still consider Condenser products.  Before making my
costly purchase, I talked to an engineer from CP to make sure I
understood all the operating conditions.  He did state the capacitor
design was based on a 120 break rate, and he felt it indestructable if
run at or below the ratings.  I also understand that Tesla Coils are very
hard on components, and if something fails, thats life, and just repair
it and go on.  This is assuming a person eats, breaths, and lives Tesla
Coils :}

Coiling no matter what explodes, in Oklahoma

Kevin E.


>Hi all,
>After all the replies I had gotten about my cap, and all the rumors I
>had heard about it, I decided to call Condenser Products myself.
>
>I was mostly curious about what I could really run for a NST with my
>15KVAC rated .01 mfd cap and any other info I could find about it.
>I talked to a guy in the engineering dept and he pulled the records 
>of
>that cap and we talked about it at length. He was also a coil builder
>but has not been active since his job change to Condenser Products 
>years
>ago.
>
>He claims that if I DO NOT run a rotary gap that cap will last at 
>least
>2000 hrs running a 15/60 NST. In all likeliness, probably much longer
>than that. He says that cap was tested at great length because of its
>potential to be abused severely. It was run at 1.5 times the rated
>voltage several hours and actually repeatedly fed 120KV in a peak 
>load
>test without failure!!!
>
>I thought some of you may find this interesting....
>
>Jim
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