opened pulse cap

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• Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 22:58:07 -0600
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From:  Thomas McGahee [SMTP:tom_mcgahee-at-sigmais-dot-com]
Sent:  Friday, March 20, 1998 6:34 AM
To:  Tesla List
Cc:  HomerLea-at-aol-dot-com
Subject:  Re: opened pulse cap


> From:  Homer Lea [SMTP:HomerLea-at-aol-dot-com]
> Sent:  Thursday, March 19, 1998 4:30 PM
> To:  tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject:  Re: opened pulse cap
> 
> 
> > I finally got one of my 60 kv 1,8 uf caps open. It is 12 sections each
about
> 1
> >  1/2 x 10 x 26 inches (not measured), all wired in parallel so  .15 uf per
> >  section.
> If I leave two of the sections connected at one end and use terminals on the
> other end to get two sections in series (.07 uf) do the sections need to be
> arranged in a straight line (terminals at opposite ends) or can I simply
> separate the treminal ends enough to prevent arcing (forming a "V" shaped
> cap)?
> 
> jim heagy
> 

Jim, obviously straight line is best, but as long as you have the body
of each cap separated enough from the other, you should be OK.

Great find, by the way. In series you will have a .07 mfd at 120KV
cap. As my students would say, "Awesome, man!"

Fr. Tom McGahee

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