Re: Cap orientation

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Original poster: "Steven Steele" <sbsteele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

No, not really. it's actually  multi- layered crap. 8" long. almost 1,000' 
of 36 AWG wire. It will probably never work.
It probably doesn't even have a resonant freq.

       Steven Steele
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Subject: Re: Cap orientation


> Original poster: "Gerald  Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Oops,  I'll reply to my own reply.  My eyes must have played tricks on me 
> and I read the
> frequency as 833 KHz.  So if 833 Hz is correct, you have a mighty large 
> coil, yes??
>
> Gerry R
>
> > Original poster: "Gerald  Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > I'm thinking that either your coil is mighty small or it doesn't have 
> > much of a topload.  Without an appropriate topload, your primary 
> > inductance will be too small and the primary current will be too 
> > large.  Maybe some dimensions are in order.
> >
> > Gerry R.
> >
> > > Original poster: "Steven Steele" <sbsteele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > My TC should resonate at about 833Hz, I know that for a fact. I'm 
> > > getting 15 15uf 2kv MMCs. I'm thinking I need my total capacitance to 
> > > equal about 9.3nf, but I'm not entirely sure. Can somebody please 
> > > validate that for me?
> > > Also how should I arrange the caps? Right now I'm think of makinging an 
> > > adjustable rig for my caps so I can play with the capacitance while the 
> > > TC is running to tune it, but I'd rather not do that. Thanks.
> > >
> > >                                Steven Steele