Re: do i need more caps for my pt coil?

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Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

The fact that one of your resisters blew makes me wonder if it was too close
to the body of the cap.  1/4 inch separation between the resistor and the
cap is recommended.

Gerry R.

 > Original poster: Beans45601-at-aol-dot-com
 >
 > I am currently running my pt coil with a 14.4 KV 1.5KVA with a 3450 RPM 6"
 > disk, with a 8 electrodes. MY cap system is 2 strings of 11 .15UF at 2000
 > volts each. Last night, I was running my coil, and one of my resistors
 > blew, and the cap it was across was hot (this cap was on the end of a
 > string). Am I overvolting my caps? Or is this just one of things that
happen?
 >
 > thanks
 > Adam
 >
 >