Re: [TCML] HV capacitors

["Douglas Hayes" <dhayes5@xxxxxxxxx>]

D.C. Cox:
I'm new to telsa coil building I need capacitors but need to calculate the
size for a 9,000 vote 30 ma neon sign transformer... and any other quick
help you can give...

Sincerely;
Doug

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:09 AM, DC Cox <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> If anyone needs the smaller MMC style caps for an NST powered coil, I now
> have over 400 in stock.
>
> I'm also soon ordering the foils and films for our pole xmfr powered HV
> hi-Q
> capacitors.
>
> They are 0.1 uF (100 nF) and rated 80 kV DC (30 kV AC rms).
> If you need some 100 nF caps for a large coil contact me off-list and I
> will
> send you our datasheet.  The Q of these caps exceeds even the standard
> oil-filled Maxwell units.
>
> They are 40% larger than the Maxwell, but that's the trade-off: Silicone
> oil
> lowers the Q slightly, 12,000 for Maxwell's oil filled types vs. 22,000 for
> our non-oil filled caps.
>
> Our price is also 50% (or less) than pricing on the current Maxwells.
>
> D.C. Cox
> Dr. Resonance
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