RE: Optimum capacitor size

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>

With an asynchronous gap, you could get great results with a value of 0.01uF
up to 0.04uF with no problem for a 12kV/240mA power source.  Just remember
to keep a safety gap on the capacitors as if you have too slow a break-rate,
the capacitor could charge up to some serious voltage.

The Captain


 > Hi,
 >
 > Thanks for your follow up questions.  The answers are:
 >
 > -Asynchronous gap
 > -60 Hz
 > -Four 12 kv/60 mA NST's
 > -Can run various break rates as I am using a variac with my
 > motor.  I need to
 > update my maximum rpm, but I believe I can run up to maybe
 > 400 breaks per
 > second.
 >
 > Look forward to hearing from you.
 >
 > Regards,
 > Martin Fryml
 >
 >