Re: Capacitor Question

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Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Miles,

If "everything is truly the same, can you supply full part numbers of 
both caps so we can evaluate specs?

Take care,

Bart

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: mileswaldron@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Dear All,
>
> I have used the exact same "value" caps from Cornell (CDE), and TDK 
> (laser pulse) on my coil at 14-15nF. I am using an 8 inch sphere as 
> a topload. I am getting great results from both, but there is a very 
> big difference between the two. The CDEs create thinner spiker 
> whiter arcs, sometimes multiple, that jump around like quanta. 
> However, the TDKs create one big thick bluish arc that rolls slowly 
> around the ball. I like the TDK's effect much better.
>
> Is there another parameter having to do with a capaicitor, like how 
> fast it can discharge, or how they are wired in parallel, that would 
> explain this behavior? Why are some capacitors "better" in this way 
> than others?
>
> Miles