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Re: MMC Value
Of course, the varnish melted out of his hot rodded NST a few weeks ago.you
could smell it from 10 feet away (downwind, I grant you).. Ross, is it
still functional?
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> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: RE: MMC Value
> Date: Saturday, May 13, 2000 1:55 AM
>
> Original Poster: "Basura, Brian" <brian.basura-at-unistudios-dot-com>
>
> Terry/all,
>
> Ross is charging a .04uf cap with his 15/60 but it's been Hot-Rodded for
> higher current output. His 5 and 6' arcs from the single NST are truly
> amazing. Check out
http://users.better-dot-org/roverstreet/components/psu.html
> for ENST pictures.
>
> Regards,
> Brian B.
>
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> Subject: Re: MMC Value
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>
> Original Poster: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>
>
> Hi Jorge,
>
> My 15kV/60mA uses 28nF. It is a 120 BPS sync rotary gap system. I
> use 50
> 56nF 1600 Volt Panasonic caps in a 5 x 10 array. A 7 x 14 array would
give
> better margin than my EMMC and that would work out to just under 100
caps.
> Of course if you don't have a rotary sync gap, you may not need as many
> strings so be sure to make them selectable. Then you can use as many
> strings as you need to get the best sparks. As far as I know, 28nF is
the
> maximum capacitance a single 15/60 can charge.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Terry
>
>
> At 10:08 PM 05/11/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi fellow coilers !
> >
> >
> >Im in the process of building my fourth Tesla Coil and im giving MMC
caps a
> >shot, I've been looking at some web pages with Tesla Coils that use MMC
> >caps and the values are always lower than what's required , was
wondering
> >why is this ???
> >My system uses a 15kv 60ma neon tranie, what value do you guys suggest
for
> >this setup???
> >
> >
> >Thanks all !!!
> >
> >Jorge Fuentes.
> >
>
>