Re: Small Pulse cap needed

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Original poster: "Steve Stuart by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <sstuart-at-glasscity-dot-net>

Why not use the Matsushita ECK-D4A102MDA capacitor?

It's 0.001uF at 10 KV. Make two strings, each of two caps in
series. Put the two strings in parallel and you'll have 1nF at
20 KV. These things are only 3/4" in diameter and 1/4 inch
thick.

You can buy them from All Electronics for a buck each.

http://www.allelectronics-dot-com/pdf/cap.pdf

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Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Jason by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I need an 0.001uF (1nF) pulse cap to use as the primary cap in my tiny coil.
> The coil itself is wound with 36awg, 4.2" by 0.6" on a glass test tube.
> 
> I cannot really use MMCs because the requrirement for a small cap would mean
> stringing over 1000 68nF caps together :o)
> 
> Does anyone have a cap between 0.6 and 2nF lying around that they can sell
> me, pop in the post, whatever? the voltage needs to be about 15KV, running
> of a 6/25 neon.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Jason
> 
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