Re: LTR cap

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

Justin: you substituted a capacitor 8 times larger. That is much more
current draw, but I suspect other problems are more likely the cause.
     1. disconect your NST and see if it is still functioning.
     2. check your spark gap
     3. ckeck your new capacitor and see if it is shorted
     4. re tune your system before you continue
            Robert  H

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> Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 20:52:31 -0600
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> Subject: RE: LTR cap
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> Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <Gary.Lau-at-hp-dot-com>
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> Very definitely!  You may wish to narrow your (presumably) static gap width
> to help reduce the power draw.
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> Regards, Gary Lau
> MA, USA
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> Subject: LTR cap
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> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <Cydesho-at-aol-dot-com>
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> I recently got a new capacitor that I wanted to try with my tesla coil but I
> seem to be having some trouble. My TC is powered by a 15kV 60mA NST and
> previously my cap was .004mfd.  My new cap is a maxwell 35kV .0305mfd cap. I
> know its way larger than resonant, but when I first  used it, i was having a
> lot of success with it. Onw, however, My tesla coil trips the circuit breaker
> immediately. Any ideas why it would work at first, but not anymore? Could a
> cap that was much larger than resonant cause that NST to draw enough curren
> to trip the breaker?
> Justin
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