Re: Unknown type of HV capacitor

[MShock8073-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

In a message dated 8/29/00 10:39:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

<< If you can somehow measure the L and R... A square wave generator of a few
 kHz (say a TTL pulse generator or a 555), a series resistor and an
 oscilloscope will tell you... Measure the ringing frequency and the
 decrement ratio...  If the L is down in the nanohenries, and fRes is in the
 hundreds of kHz, you might be in luck. >>


Would you please elaborate on this procedure for us uneducated 'scope owners.

Thank you,
Marc S.