Re: MMC for 12/60 NST-Need Help

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Original poster: "Mark Broker by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mbroker-at-thegeekgroup-dot-org>

http://www.thegeekgroup-dot-org/mmc/

There's a selection chart on there for your convenience.  Choose the LTR value
capacitor - it will prevent overvoltage from resonance effects.  For a 
12/60 NST,
that's one string of 8 capacitors, for $24.00 plus $7.00 shipping.  Not a 
bad deal :)

Get some 1/2Watt, 10Megohm resistors from Radio Shack as bleeder resistors, 
and
follow the construction guidelines on the mmc page!

Enjoy,

Mark Broker
Chief Engineer, The Geek Group

1/21/2003 9:27:22 PM, "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:

 >Original poster: "Tyler Previs by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<dazed116967-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 >
 >
 >Hi,
 >
 >
 >    My friend and I have built a 6'' coil about 2 years ago in 8th grade
 >which produced decent arcs measuring some 24''. Just recently we have
 >noticed that our coil is very crude due to the fact we only had one month
 >to construct it during the school year. We are planning on building a 4''
 >coil now that is more efficient and pleasing to the eye. Having originally
 >used SWC, we have learned to form a hatred towards them. An MMC looks to be
 >the best option for us with our 12Kv 60ma NST which is brand new. Luckily
 >we picked it up from a nice guy for 10.00. After researching for a long
 >time we have begun the search for parts and was wondering if somebody could
 >help us out with the corresponding capacitors. The geek group caps look
 >nice but we are not 100% sure about the number we should run in the string.
 >Our coil requires a 0.0159uF capacitance.
 >
 >                                               Sincerely,
 >                                                Tyler
 >
 >