RE: MMC bleed resistors

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Original poster: "Hajdrowski, Leo T." <leo.hajdrowski@xxxxxxx>

Hello,

I just started building a coil with my son and have looked at dozens of
schematics.  Half of them have the main capacitor in parallel with the
primary coil while the other half have it in series!  Also, half the
schematics show the spark gap between the output of the NST and the
capacitor, while the other half show it between the capacitor and the
tesla coil primary!  Does it make a difference?  Which one is correct?

Thanks....Leo



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Subject: Re: MMC bleed resistors

Original poster: "Gerry  Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

10 Mohm 1/2 watt is what most use.  However, leads aren't long enough
for the 0.15uf so I put two 10Mohm resisters is series.

Gerry R

>Original poster: "Gates" <ryker@xxxxxxx>
>
>What value of bleed resistors can I use for my mmc setup?
>I have 2000V CDE caps of .15mF
>Thanks Gang
>Gates
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