Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com> Just hi-potted my MMC (0.011uF, 30kVD) up to about 28kVDC successfully. Just bought a 21" x 3" toroid from Ross Engineering for $200.00. SWEET ! ! ! I'll keep you all posted. Dan