Re: 1 nF, 10kV ceramic caps

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Er, yes... they would vanish in a hurry in a AC kind of environment.  But,
for those of you building CW multipliers or Marxes to try new and different
stuff, they might work ok.

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Subject: Re: 1 nF, 10kV ceramic caps


 > Original poster: "Harold Weiss by way of Terry Fritz
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com>
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 > Hi All,
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 > Those look like the caps I vaporised when I first started coiling.  When
 > they flashed, all that was left was the two leads.  They did work to some
 > extent when built up in an MMC arrangement but would get really hot.
 >
 > May your streamers be long and plentiful.
 > David E Weiss
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 >  > Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
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 >  > I  ran across the data sheet for the Matsushita (Panasonic) 10kV, 1nF
caps
 >  > you see at the various surplus places...
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http://www.panasonic-dot-com/industrial/components/pdf/008_ec049_eck_mdv_dne.pdf
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 >  > Note the fairly poor loss factor (0.025 -at- 1kHz).. That's 2.5%
folks...and
 >  > I'll bet it's a heck of a lot worse at higher frequencies...
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