Re: Capacitor Help

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Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Malcolm,

Very nicely done, indeed! Heck, I think yours is
prettier than mine. I see you went ahead and upped
the size of the PVC pipe for your runners. Strike
ring looks neat, too. I think most coilers connect
the strike ring to RF ground. Some knowledgable
folks will tell you that it's "bad" to splce the safe-
ty gap directly across the capacitors' output ter-
minals. They site the heavy short circuits being
injurous to the capacitor(s). I think most coilers
place the safety gap across the output terminals
of the high voltage transformer instead. All in all,
you should end up with a great looking coil,
though, especially for a first time project.

Good luck,
David Rieben



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Subject: Re: Capacitor Help


> Original poster: "MalcolmTesla" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
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> > Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Good job Malcolm! It looks great!
> > Bart
>
>
> Thanks.  I got the strike ring make tonight too
> http://www.v8-ranger.com/temp/tesla/19.jpg
> I wasn't sure if I was supposed to connect one end of it to earth or not?
>
> And I made my capacitor bank or MMC as I believe it's called.  I also put 10
> Meg 1/2 watt resistors across each cap as suggested.
> http://www.v8-ranger.com/temp/tesla/20.jpg
> http://www.v8-ranger.com/temp/tesla/21.jpg
>
> Still need to make the safety gap across the MMC and wire up the HV stuff.
> Oh and winding the secondary and building  my torid are the last two major
> things.
>
> Do I adjust the safety gap across the MMC slightly larger than what ever my
> spark gap gets set at?  1/8" or 1/4" wider, maybe?
>
> Thanks
> Malcolm - KC