Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com> Forget the capacitors. If you are looking for a simple, low-cost, no-frills 3 kVA ballast, then the 500ft roll of 12 AWG wire from Home Depot or similar will do the trick every time. Dan > Could someone tell me how many .9uf MO caps it would take to > ballast a > 10kva 14400v pig for 3 kva > > Thanks > Steve > > >