Re: door knob caps

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Original poster: "Chris Arnold by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chris_arnold-at-msn-dot-com>

Dr. Resonance,

What effect does running the caps like this have on their lifespan?  I 
remember Terry posting a while back reasons why one does not want to 
directly short out a pulse cap, mainly due to the very large currents that 
will be present.  Does this design require some kind of dampening 
resistance, or do the charging resistors take care of that for you?

Chris Arnold


>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: door knob caps
>Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 17:36:11 -0600
>
>Original poster: "Dr. Resonance by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>
>
>
>I have a very nice design for a Marx using MMC's and they only cost $3 per
>cap.  If you make it to our Cheesehead Teslathon I can share the data with
>you.
>
>We charge at 60 kV/stage using either a flyback tripler or an x-ray xmfr
>(faster charging) and run 60 MMC caps on each stage. This gives up .01 MFD
>total cap per stage at 60 kV and makes a very bright output spark at 600 kV
>with 10 stages.
>
>Less expensive than doorknobs.
>
>Dr. Resonance
>
>Resonance Research Corporation
>E11870 Shadylane Rd.
>Baraboo   WI   53913
>

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