Re: newbie (n00b)

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Original poster: Slurp812 <slurp812@xxxxxxxxx>

Yes, my buget is quite small for the Tesla, I have too many hobbies 
right now. :)



On 9/21/06, Tesla list <<mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>tesla@xxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
Original poster: "resonance" <<mailto:resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Glass provides a high loss --- ;usually up to 20% of your energy can
be wasted in heating the glass.

When your budget can afford it, try the MMC series caps as they
present very low losses and will improve your output spark length considerably.

Dr. Resonance



>For now, I am looking at using the nice big iced tea bottles for the
>primary tank cap. Maybe when I tire of that, I will look further
>into a GOOD MMC. Maybe i'll string a few up, and use them in the
>filter anyways, just to get the thing together. I will be testing
>one of them with just a spark gap, and the NST (with the power
>wasting filter) just for grins. My G/F already thinks I'm nuts!
>Thanks for the info...
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>On 9/20/06, Tesla list 
<<mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx><mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <<mailto: 
Gary.Lau@xxxxxx><mailto:Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>
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>Hi Slurp (?):
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>I think you're right about it being too good to be true.  Based on the
>small size I would guess that these are mylar units, and not at all
>suited for high current pulse discharge applications.  No harm in trying
>them, but don't be too surprised if they fail.  And while you're correct
>in that such caps might be suitable for use in an R-C filter, the
>capacitance is rather on the high side.  You want roughly 500pF for the
>filter, and these are six times that, which would end up wasting a lot
>of power.
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>Chalk it up to experience, and look elsewhere for caps.  There are on
>rare occasions surplus caps that might be suitable for TC use, but
>unless you really know caps or ask here first, I'd recommend using
>either Cornell Dubilier 942 series caps, or using glass bottle caps.
>You may also want to reconsider the gap construction and use parallel
>copper pipes rather than just bolts.
>
>Regards, Gary Lau
>MA, USA
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