Re: my power supply was: pt-coil caps/too many?

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Original poster: "RIAA/MPAA's Worst Nightmare" <mike.marcum-at-zoomtown-dot-com> 

  I think that is around 2x resonant for rsg's. Assuming exactly 1.5 kva
(pt's can easily put out 2-3x this), that would be .0383 uF. More
capacitance may or may not be better. Most I think get the best cap size by
experiment (I think the 2x resonant figure is just a ballpark figure). Not
sure if there's an exact formula to calculate the best size for every coil.

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Subject: my power supply was: pt-coil caps/too many?


 > Original poster: Beans45601-at-aol-dot-com
 >
 >  >
 >  > On my new coil, my secondary will be a 10" sonotube, wrapped
 >  > 1440 times
 >  > with 20 gauge wire (50 inches of turns). The spark gap is a
 >  > 3450 RPM. 6"
 >  > disc with 8 flying electrodes. MY toroid is a 9X30 spun toroid and my
 >  > primary will be 12" inner diameter, with 18 turns. The cap
 >  > bank will be 5
 >  > strings of 16 geek group caps, for a total of .0458UF. Is
 >  > this too much
 >  > capacitance? If not, what would be considered too much, with
 >  > the coil I am
 >  > building?
 >  >
 >  > Thanks
 >  > Adam
 >  > KD5WIT
 > i will be running it with a 14.4 KV 1.5KVA PT.
 >
 > Will this be enough?
 >
 > -Adam
 >
 >
 >
 >