Re: Capacitor help

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Original poster: Mark Broker <mbroker-at-thegeekgroup-dot-org> 

Just so there is no confusion, John means to connect the resistors in 
parallel with each capacitor to discharge the capacitors after power is 
removed.

IMO .015uF is too large for a 9/30NST.  A single string of 8 .10uF "geek 
caps" gives a value of .0125uF at 16kV, which is what I recommend.  I would 
probably order 10 caps, though. ;)

OTOH, if there are financial constraints, it's hard to beat a bottle cap.

Good luck!

Mark Broker
Chief Engineer, The Geek Group

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:24:38 -0700, Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:

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>tune. What could be easier? The MMC caps are the best way to go. Buy 10 CD
>.15uf, 2KV caps and connect them in series with 10 meg resistors. This will
>give you .015uf 20 KV, .01875 16 Kv, etc, cap values to play with. Have fun.
>Let us know how you make out.
>
>John Couture