Re: Capacitor help

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Original poster: Bart Anderson <classi6-at-classictesla-dot-com> 

Hi Mark, All,

I just noticed the "reason" you are looking for an LTR cap was to achieve 
possibly longer sparks. I almost always run a PDT which forces me into an 
STR cap. From my understanding, LTR values do not give longer sparks or 
anything of that nature, but are used to reduce the stress on the NST in 
SRSG situations. The static gap apparently is also to benefit in this same 
respect. The tradeoff is capacitance for voltage.

I sometimes get the impression coilers think using LTR gives greater spark 
lengths, but again, this is not my understanding from past posts on this 
subject.

Comments, anyone?

Take care,
Bart

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>>Original poster: "RIAA/MPAA's Worst Nightmare" <mike.marcum-at-zoomtown-dot-com>
>>Javatc recommends .027 uF (2.7x resonant) for a 8750v/35 mA with a 120 bps
>>synch rotary (using .0165 now, trying to get longer or at least fatter
>>sparks). Does this sound right or did I screw up somewhere? I thought 2x
>>res. was usually the upper limit for caps before they didn't charge enough
>>before the next break.
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