Re: MMC for 4 pack MOT supply

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Original poster: "Allanh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <allanh-at-starband-dot-net>

Andy,

I'm using 14 .33 mfd, 2000 Vdc caps from CDE. They cost $4 and were
delivered in 3 days. The total capacitance is .024 mfd, at 28KV. The peak
discharge current on these caps is 350 AMP. They work great with
my 5 MOTS.

allan
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Subject: MMC for 4 pack MOT supply


>
> Original poster: "Andy Cobaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<kb3ewy-at-rcn-dot-com>
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> All,
> I would like some advice on my idea about a capacitor for a 4 pack MOT
supply.
> I would like to make 4 strings of 6 Geek group caps for a voltage rating
of
> 12KV and 100nF.  My question is will the capacitors take the current and
the
> power from the MOTs or do I have to build a capacitor for this one.  If I
did
> this it would be easy to go to 2 strings of 12 for my 15/60 NST supply.
Also,
> will the 6000VA or so this psu will be supplying be overpowering my 4" x
20"
> secondary?  Can high voltage side capacitve ballasting reduce the power
> somewhat? (I did this with 2 series MOTs and could plug them directly into
a
> 15A outlet, 1 MO cap on each "leg").  Any and all help is greatly
appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andy C.
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