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Re: Small Pulse cap needed



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

From what I hear, these ceramic caps will change in value as they warm up and
cause you coil to detune. 
Mike     


>
> I have some of these, and they no doubt are ceramic.  You might get away 
> with about 25 of them in a 5 by 5 array to divide up and dissapate the heat 
> they will produce.  Ceramic caps are great for DC applications, such as 
> isolating an ignition coil from a spark gap trigger electrode, but not very 
> robust for high power RF use. 
> -- Another Steve