Re: Capacitor Help

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Original poster: "C. Sibley" <a37chevy@xxxxxxxxx>

I'd go with a Maxwell pulse capacitor.  The can be had
on e-bay for around $100 and are well worth the $$$.
The have very high peak current and very low
inductance.  If this is your first coil (and not your
last) you will have room to grow as you build more
powerful coils...

Search e-bay for "Pulse Capacitor" and look for the
big square white block type capacitor.

Curt.


--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: "MalcolmTesla"
> <tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm almost done building my first tesla coil.  I
> used a 15kv 30mA neon sign
> transformer as my source.  I have a spark gap made
> with two nuts welded to L
> shaped brackets with bolts threaded in.  I can
> adjust the gap by threading
> the bolts back and forth.  There is a very powerful
> 110v squirrel cage fan
> cooling the spark gap.
>
> My concern is the capacitor.  I'm trying to purchase
> something and just not
> sure what to get.  I've been searching google.com
> and looking at sites until
> my eyes can't take it anymore.
>
> I can tell from everyone's sites that Polypropylene
> or Polyethylene is the
> way to go.  I can get those from mouser.com but they
> are only 1k to 3k and
> the just look so darn tiny compare to the pictures I
> see of everyone else's
> on the net it's got me worried I'm getting the wrong
> thing.
>
> If anyone can help me out with capacitor values I
> need, where to purchase,
> etc. I'd be very grateful.  I did find one at
> amazing1.com but it was $750.
> Wow
>
> Thanks
> Malcolm
>
>
>


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