Re: cap/mmc inquirery

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Original poster: "D.C. Cox" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxx>



Yes, .008 to .0085 would work good.  The xmfr current may not be able 
to recharge a .01 fast enough to hit a lot of pulses which helps 
"grow" the plasma and spark length.

Dr. Resonance


> Resonance with a 10KV 23ma source is 6.1nf, so shouldn't he use 
> something closer to 10nf.
>
> Gerry R
>
>
> > Original poster: "D.C. Cox" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> > 23 mA xmfr would work good with .007 uF, so 21 caps of .15 uF 2 kV 
> > in series for .0071 uF will work well with a copper tube subdivided sparkgap.
> >
> >
> >
> > Dr. Resonance
> >
> > > hellow everyone, i am oredering some 0.047 1000V polypropelyne 
> > > film caps for my MMC.  i dont know how many i should buy tho... i 
> > > have about 30$ and the caps cost $1.19 each.  I am most likely 
> > > using a 10KV OBIT as power source running at 23mA.  Help would be 
> > > very good, thanks
> > >
> > > Daniel from Canada
> > >
> > > _