Re: Doorknob capacitors for primary?

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com> 


Only doorknobs rated for RF duty may be used.  Many of these were DC filter
caps and won't take the voltage reversal.

Dr. Resonance

Resonance Research Corporation
E11870 Shadylane Rd.
Baraboo   WI   53913
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Subject: Doorknob capacitors for primary?


 > Original poster: brent meyer <res095fx-at-verizon-dot-net>
 >
 > I was wondering why I don't see many coilers using ceramic "doorknob" HV
 > caps for their tanks?  Are they more prone to failure?  I just happened
upon
 > a parcel of 18  570pF 40KV caps, and I bought the lot of them. I'll be
 > running them on a 15KV 60 NST.   I'm looking to build a bipolar coil using
a
 > nice pair of  5 1/4 by 31 inch long fiberglass coil forms I just found,
and
 > was wondering if I should have to incorporate some kind of blast shields
 > into the designS
 >
 >
 >