Re: Capacitor Size

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>

Hi Sean,

There are a ton of basic equations for Tesla coil design at:

http://home.earthlink-dot-net/~electronxlc/

But it is so popular, it will not be available again till next month....

Most of the programs out there are just fancy fronts ends that use all 
these equations.

New programs like:

http://www.classictesla-dot-com/java/javatc.html

use far higher order math and theory.

LTR calculations are a big subject, but most folks just us the table at:

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/MMCcapSales.gif

If you want to know more about LTR cap matching see:

http://www.richieburnett.co.uk/resonant.html#resonant

http://www.richieburnett.co.uk/indkick.html#kick

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Misc/NSTStudy/NSTStudy.htm

Cheers,

         Terry


At 01:33 AM 11/29/2003, you wrote:
>Hi, I have been using WinTesla for calculations,  It seems pretty
>accurate.  It calculates the size of my Primary capacitor based on the
>transformer I have been using.  My question is, how does it do this, and
>what is "larger than resonance" capacitance.  How do I calculate this,
>and what is it?  Thanks.
>
>
>--
>sean <sean-at-nc.rr-dot-com>