MMC Question

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Original poster: mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Hi,

I've just built my MMC for my first Tesla coil, and I have yet another question
regarding its construction and use.  From what I've read the MMC makes part of
a tuned circuit.  My original question, was regarding the size of MMC required,
and someone from the list recommended making it 1.5 - 2x bigger than required.

so my original size was

0.0042uF for a 15Kv 20mA 50hz xfmr

so timed this by 1.5 and got 0.0063uF

However I mucked up the calculation and didn't realize until after I built my
MCC, I've ended up with 0.0055uF

So my question really is, will this still work correctly or do I need to start
again ??

And if this needs to be in tune with the rest of the circuit, surely even
increasing this 1.5 would muck the tuning up??

Any comments appreciated.

Mark