Re: party cap capacitors

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Original poster: Matthew Smith <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au> 

Tesla list wrote:
>Original poster: "Nick Miller" <nickstuffinc-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>I plan on making a small tesla coil with 1"x10" secondary has anyone used 
>party cup capacitors on their coil? how well do they work? My current coil 
>uses mmc and that about 10 times better than my bottle caps.

Experience on this list tends to indicate that you won't beat an MMC over 
the other 'homebrew' techniques.

That said, if you're curious, try it - there is always so much to be learnt 
from experimentation.  If you aren't happy with the results, you can always 
go back to your MMC.

Cheers

M

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Matthew Smith
Kadina Business Consultancy
South Australia
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