Re: Doorknob caps okay for tesla coil???

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Original poster: "Jonathan Peakall by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jpeakall-at-madlabs.info>

Dan,

Haven't used any Cera-Mite caps, but my experience with doorknob caps in TC
service is they get warm, detune and eventually blow. You can get away with
short runs, but it seems like sooner or later they go. I'd use those caps
for a Marx generator or something.

Jonathan Peakall

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Subject: Doorknob caps okay for tesla coil???


> Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
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> I have four Cera-Mite 2700pF, 40kVDC caps which in parallel would
> give me a 40kVDC, 0.0107uF Capacitor which is perfect for my 15kV, 60mA
> transformer.
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> Anyone have experience with these???
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> Thanks
> Dan
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