Hi Roger,
Glad to hear that those GE snubber caps (actually, I think they are classified as ‘protective’ caps) worked as well for your coil as they did mine. It’s also good to hear that they handle the 19 kV from your pole pig, as my pole pig is a standard 14,400 volt unit, although I can force up to about 16,800 volt output from it via up to 280 volts input from my variac assembly. Two (13,800 VAC) units in series should be good for upwards of 27,000 volts (AC) input. 😊.
David Rieben
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> On Jun 1, 2019, at 8:25 AM, Roger <rsmith6222@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> A while back I read a post from Dave Riebin about using two .25 uf GE
> snubber capacitors ( 9L18 CCL101 ) in series for the primary capacitor
> in a pole pig coil. I decided to try the same thing with my pole pig
> coil since I was using a bunch of Maxwell caps cobbled together in series ,
> paralel combinations that occupied a lot of space under my coil. The
> upgrade also gave me a little more capacitance. I was a little worried
> that the caps wouldn't handle the voltage since my pole transformer is a19
> kv type.
> Well I'm happy to report that the capacitors work
> fine. The coil produces bright 13 foot arks easily and might do better if
> it wasn't limited to the space in my pole barn.
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