RE: Capacitor network

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Original poster: "Calvin Patrick by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <linhacktux-at-wycol-dot-com>


Where do I find this Geek Group?

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> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 11:18 PM
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> Subject: Re: Capacitor network
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> Original poster: "BunnyKiller by way of Terry Fritz 
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bigfoo39-at-telocity-dot-com>
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> Tesla list wrote:
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> >Original poster: "Calvin Patrick by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <linhacktux-at-wycol-dot-com>
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> >Ok, having given up on (for the moment, my home built cap., I'm now
> >searching for a bunch of caps.  Does anyone have a sugestion for a good
> >place to find a lot of caps cheap, or a few HV caps cheap?  As this is a
> >modification of an existing design, I'm shooting for about .03uf in the
> >capacitors, as this was the aprox. capacitance of the home built 
> cap.  I'm
> >using a 15000v neon transformer, so 20000v is nore on target.  
> Also, will I
> >need any current limiting on the transformer?  THanks for any help...
> >
> >Calvin Patrick
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> Hi Calvin...
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> Since you are using a NST,  current limiting will not be absolutely 
> necsasary ( i luv mis spelling words) , ... voltage control might be fun 
> tho ( variac) ...
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> go ahead and bite the bullet and spend the money on a MMC from the Geek 
> Group ( they have the best prices and best quality caps for the purpose)
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> take the advise from someone who HAS built home-made caps and spent a 
> LARGE fortune on them only to rebuild and rebuild them time after time ( 
> actually many many times but then again I did this before MMC's were 
> popular. )  I finally got tired of rebuilding caps so I spent a small 
> fortune on Maxwell Caps ( and yes I'm quite satisfied with them at the 
> moment... even tho they have a limited lifetime in T coiling 
> applications)  they are working fantastically.  
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> you can fudge on most any other part of a T coil but the caps,...  thats 
> the part you need to pay special attention to. Spend the money on them 
> ...  consider it an ivestment in the longevity of your coil...
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> Scot D
> aka      Bunnykiller
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