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Re: newbie (n00b)
Original poster: Vardan <vardan01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi,
For a 15/30 NST you want the capacitance to be around 0.008uF so your
5 x 2 string idea should be fine. I have no idea how well these caps
will work but just try it and see. 15/30 NSTs go pretty easy on caps
so you might get them to work. I think the voltage will be fine but
the current is the worry. If they quickly get warm or hot you might
as well stop there.
Cheers,
Terry
At 09:38 AM 9/20/2006, you wrote:
Would I be a newbie, or a n00b amongst coilers? Oh well anyway I
have decided to build my first tesla coil. I have read many pages of
info in the internet, alot of it from people on this list, like
Terry. So far Iv got a 15vk 30ma NST, and a few bolts for a spark
gap, 120v AC 5-inch fan for quench, 4 20oz iced tea bottles made up
as capacitors, a bunch os 800ohm 20 watt resistors, and Iv just
orderd 10 of these:
<http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=G14878>http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=G14878
What do you think? I am a bit leery of the 35kv rating. at least as
a tank cap (low cap count MMC) I was thinking maybe 5 strings of 2
each for 7.5nf But it seems to good to be true.
Maybe I'll just use them in my RC filter...