Re: Re HV Caps for a first Coil

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• Subject: Re: Re HV Caps for a first Coil
• From: wwl-at-netcomuk.co.uk (Mike Harrison) (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 12:01:16 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

On Wed, 21 Oct 1998 23:28:18 -0600, you wrote:

>Original Poster: Gary Lau  21-Oct-1998 2049 <lau-at-hdecad.ENET.dec-dot-com> 
>
>>Original Poster: "Guy Bettina" <wilson-at-vossnet.de> 
>>
>>Question : Is there an "easy" first time cap that does not invole lots of
>>$$ and fiddling around with oil ?  I will probably go for 1 or possibly 2 x
>>6000v at 50mA giving either 6000v or 12000v at 50mA so I need about 0,02uF
>>or less. 
>>  
>
>It's frustrating, there's nothing in a well made poly cap that doesn't
>appear in our kitchen trash every day.  It's too bad there's not mass
>market for these like car batteries, they'd be dirt cheap.

I wonder how much capacitance you'd get if you drained a car battery.
parallelled the cells and filled it with oil...?

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