Re: low profile caps

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Original poster: "Jonathan Peakall by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jpeakall-at-madlabs.info>

James,

These caps are intended as a power backup, and aren't appropriate for Tesla
use. The capacitance is WAY too high and the voltage rating WAY too low. And
with the numbers on these caps, there is no practical way to build an MMC
out of them. And if you could, they aren't constructed to take HV pulse
operation.

So no, they aren't better than a SW cap. If you are starting a first coil I
would reccomend going that route. SW caps are cheap and durable.

Jonathan Peakall

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Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 7:14 AM
Subject: low profile caps


 > Original poster: "james brady by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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 > I saw an advertisement in a magazine, for this company that sells low
 > profile capacitors. They say that they sell them  from 0.1 to 10 farads!
 > Ok, I know that I am new at this, but wouldn't buying a 10 farad capacitor
 > be better than making a saltwater capacitor?
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 > www.cooperet-dot-com/pdfs_html/powerstorf_specs.pdf
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