Primary Voltage

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Original poster: "paul.bastiaens by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <paul.bastiaens-at-btinternet-dot-com>

Thanks,


Hello,

I have now managed to get all the bits of my Tesla Coil in place and have
been doing a few test and come up with some interesting measurements and
just wanted to confirm them.

I wired the spark gaps up and they were all working fine, I then brought the
gaps in to fire at 2KV so I could test the primary circuit. When the primary
was connected I ended up getting a resonant gain in the order of 20 (40KV
across the cap and inductor), so if I apply the full 10KV my inductor and
capacitor are going to see 200KV.

But looking at some designs on the web I notice very few people have
actually designed there tank capacitor to withstand these high voltages.
Usually using about 2.5 times over the supply rated voltage.

Am I missing something ? Yes I have access to a High Voltage lab with test
equipment that can withstand these voltages, but my caps are not rated to
200KV ! Should they be?

Any info would be helpful !

Paul