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On 4/22/15 6:39 PM, Doug wrote:
Can a microwave oven capacitor be used with a very small Tesla coil? Cap
is AC2100V-1.05uf, power supply is a small neon transformer, 6KV-30ma
No.
microwave oven capacitors are basically line frequency (50-60 Hz) DC
filter capacitors. Actually, they're used in a voltage doubler
configuration, but the main thing is that the AC current through them is
at line frequency.
In a TC application, it needs to carry RF at 100-300 kHz.
They're also much, much too big a capacitance (1 uF) and too low a
voltage (2kV).