Re: High Voltage Caps

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• Subject: Re: High Voltage Caps
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• Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 01:18:11 -0600
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From: 	Malcolm Watts[SMTP:MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz]
Sent: 	Sunday, November 16, 1997 3:11 PM
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Subject: 	Re: High Voltage Caps

Hi Andrew,

> From:   Andrew Chin[SMTP:chinny-at-ozemail-dot-com.au]
> Sent:   Sunday, November 16, 1997 7:42 AM
> To:     tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject:    High Voltage Caps
> 
> I have got heaps and heaps of 3kVDC ceramics of various values which
> were ripped from various dud TVs.  I've used these capacitors in
> Cockroft-Walton voltage multiplers of upto 15kVDC, but the question is
> are these caps any good in Tesla coil design?

I used a string of them once on a very low power ignition coil powered 
TC. They get hot real quick. Coil power was only a few tens of Watts.

Malcolm

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