[TCML] Capacitor choice and voltage question

[Lau, Gary]

Excellent advice.  The consequences of using a too small capacitor are not obvious, and a properly set safety gap is mandatory on an RSG.

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces at pupman.com [mailto:tesla-bounces at pupman.com] On
> Behalf Of Ed Phillips
> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 8:49 PM
> To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [TCML] Capacitor choice and voltage question
>
> So after getting an awesome 15000v, 60ma NST, I have decided it's time
> for my second coil and a venture into rotary spark gaps.   Before I go
> and dump a small fortune into the various ingredients for a RST
> system, I wanted some advice/approval on a few of my choices."
>
>         Before you do anything else build a safety gap, install it, adjust it, and then
> leave it alone.  THEN start playing with RSG's.
>
> Ed