Re: pulse cap

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Original poster: "S.Gaeta by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <sgtporky-at-prodigy-dot-net>

So far so good with my little 810 watt coil. I started using that particular
type of capacitor two months ago when I finished my mini rotary gap for that
coil. My previous cap bank took up so much room that I couldn't fit the
rotary on the platform so I had to reluctantly go with the smaller cap.
There was no decrease in performance, in fact there was a slight increase in
perfomance probably due to the increase in value (my old cap was .024 uf)
rather than due to the type of cap, and after a 4 minute run the cap felt
cold. There are no pics of this coil with the baby rotary yet. When I am
finished with my faceting projects I will get some pics of this setup. It's
only been two months though, and I only fired the coil up 5 times. If the
cap blows up I will let everyone know.

I also used the same capacitor (I bought two) in a smaller coil using a 5/60
NST and it works superbly!

Cheers,
Sue

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Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 1:53 PM
Subject: pulse cap


> Original poster: "MakingLightning by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <makinglightning-at-home-dot-com>
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> EBAY Item # 1663060689
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> Maxwell #37667 high-voltage capacitor. Rated 0.03?F, 35KV ?10%. Dimensions
> are 2 1/4" x 4 1/4" x 6".
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> Has anyone used one of these caps yet?
> They seem to auction one off for about $65 every couple weeks.
> I talked to an eng at Maxwell and he said it is a $500 or so cap and if it
> went for that cheap they were probably worth close to nothing.
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