vttc tank cap

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Original poster: "claude masetto" <claudmas-at-optusnet-dot-com.au> 

Hi, when I built my vttc I used these red doorknob caps for the tank cap
because they were free.
The vttc performs great but I know that the capacitance of these caps varies
greatly  with heat and voltage, so I am going to build a small mmc.
I am going to use 9x 0.022uf polyproplene caps in series for a tank cap of
0.0024uf at 13500 volts which is the correct value for this setup.
What I would like to know is one series string enough to handle the tank
current and if not how do I calculate how many parallel strings I need.
Thanks
Claude.