Re: PFC questions

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Original poster: "Peter Terren" <pterren-at-iinet-dot-net.au> 

With a similar smaller setup, I got a similar significant resonant rise in
voltage (194 increased to 280 V from 250V supply) with 74 uF PFC caps across
the pig in a museum coil.  Sadly it did not seem to give any longer sparks
under load nor reduced power (VA) input, so I left them out.

Peter (Tesla Downunder)
http://tesladownunder.iinet-dot-net.au/

 > Original poster: DRIEBEN-at-midsouth.rr-dot-com
 > Hello coilers,
 >
snippola
 > My question is how much PFC capacitance would I need for this setup
 > if I were going to use it to power a big Tesla coil? I suppose it's
 > no surprise that the voltage increases with the PFC caps in place
 > as there is probably resonance rise involved.
 > Thanks,
 > David Rieben