Re: Magnifier conversion

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Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br>

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>

 > C2 will be 75 10nF 1600V poly caps in series for 133.3pF.  The secondary
 > coil should have a self capacitance of 13.66pF and the connecting wire
 > should have a capacitance of 16.1 pF for a total of 163pF.  I think I can
 > make this capacitor easily taped for adjustment.
 >
 > Since the peak voltage on the secondary is only about 78kV,  The high 0.463
 > coupling should not be too hard to do.  The larger C2 value really helps
 > helps keep the voltage reasonable here.

This will work, but I don't like much the idea of so many capacitors
(this remembers that I can't find enough capacitors for a decent MMC
in my city...) for so small capacitance.
I would try a series of Leyden jars if a simple flat plate capacitor
ends being too lossy.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz