RE: Is this capacitor okay ? ? ?

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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>


Paul,

Actually on the contrary.  The capacitor is probably still a bit on the
small size.  I think optimally, I would
like to get around a 10-12uF at about 6kV, the bigger the better.  However,
with high voltage capacitors, there is
always the problem of a huge increasing of size with voltage and
capacitance.  Not something you want to haul around
on a VTTC with.

Dan


It's about 20 times to large. I only use .1 uF for my pig driven coil and
that goes up to 10 kW. Look for something in the 20 kVDC range at .026 - .1
uF max.



Paul S. Marshall





 >From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 >Subject: Is this capacitor okay ? ? ?
 >Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 20:08:41 -0700
 >
 >Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 ><dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
 >
 >I'm looking for a capacitor to use with my MOT powered (2400VAC) dual 833A
 >VTTC and was wondering what your thought were on the following capacitor?
 >
 >http://cgi.ebay-dot-com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2513287005&category=4662
 >
 >Its a 30xxxx series 15kv, 5uF capacitor.
 >
 >It would be used in conjuction with a bridge rectifier to provide high
 >voltage DC to my VTTC for audio modulation.
 >
 >Thanks