Re: Geek group caps for 12/120 NST? And other questions

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Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>

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>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Geek group caps for 12/120 NST? And other questions
>Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 22:06:43 -0700
>
>Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><beans45601-at-themail-dot-com>
>
>I have never worked with Caps before (well, on my previous tesla coil, i 
>just used a bucket cap, so it was pretty simple) And i need to know how 
>many geek group caps i would need for my tesla coil, that is will have 2 
>12/60 nst's in parallel (1440 watts). Also, how would i go about hooking 
>these caps together. also, i previously wrote an e-mail asking a question 
>about my primary, but aol (boy do i hate aol)started to refuse the tesla 
>posts, so i could not see the answer. Here goes the question again. I was 
>winding my coil by hand (that is turning it by hand) and once i got to the 
>end, i was really really tired So, there is a 2" gap where it is just PVC 
>(at the bottom). But, it just happens that my primary is elevated about 2" 
>from the base. So that this pipe is under the first turn of the primary, 
>can i leave it like this, or do i have to wind in the "bald spot"?
>Thanks
>Adam