Re: mmc-type cap use question and coiler location

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Kidd6488-at-aol-dot-com>

Can a MOT and MOT cap be used for quarter-shrinking/can crushing? Could they 
be used in a small coil? If run on a small coil, could one build a DC coil 
without tubes, and be able to use a variable-speed RSG w/ it? 

Sorry for all the ?'s at once, 
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Jonathon Reinhart 
hometown.aol-dot-com/kidd6488/tesla 




>
> At 12:11 AM 6/4/2001 -0600, you wrote: 
> >I see on several tesla pages that some of you are making quarter 
> shrinkers, 
> >and other hi-energy pulse discharge stuff...  The question I have is..: 
> can 
> >a MMC type cap be used as a pulse cap or am I barking up the wrong tree 
> for 
> >that? 
>
> MMC caps are too small of value for a crusher.  Caps like the Geeks are 
> selling hold 0.3 joules each so you would need many thousands for a crusher. 
>
> > 
> >On the note of Tesla Coiling... Are there any 'Coil-o-Thon's going on 
> around 
> >(near, in), the state of Wyoming???  if so, when, where?? 
>
> I am in Fort Collins, Colorado.  Nothing going on I know of down my way. 
>
> Cheers, 
>     
>    Terry 
>
> > 
> >Thanks 
> > 
> >Rocky 
> >