RE: Capacitor needed

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>

Since most folks build coils larger than my mini, the .15uF caps seem to
be favored.  But I imagine that any CD distributor can supply the 0.1uF
just as well.   I think the part number is 942C20P10K-F.  Try Richardson
Electronics, phone number 1-888-735-7358

> Original poster: "Jack" <Jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thank you Gary,
>
> Nice table top coil you have, thanks for the link.
>
> I found 0.15s now on eBay, six of them will work . . . just trying to
> cut down the size a bit. Do you have a link to a seller for 0.1s?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Jack
>
>
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> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 10:07 AM
> Subject: RE: Capacitor needed
>
> Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <<mailto:Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>
>
> .0265uF is fairly large, uncommon, and expensive if you're talking
> strictly about mica caps.  Is there a reason you can't use more
commonly
> available polypropylene caps?  Four 0.1uF/2kV caps will give you a
very
> economical .025kV/8kV cap.  I use this with a 4kV/20mA NST with
> excellent results.  See
>
<http://www.laushaus.com/tesla/minicoil.htm>http://www.laushaus.com/tesl
a/minico
> il.htm
>
> Regards, Gary Lau
> MA. USA