[TCML] Looking for Pole Pig Capacitors

[Roger Smith]

On 11/28/2011 2:45 PM, Amir Mojarradi wrote:
> Roger,
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> I've seen your coil on YouTube many times, and It's awesome!
> I may consider replicating your DC Resonant Charging System on my coil, although my pole pig is 14.4KV.
>
>
> Amir
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Smith<rwsmith at roadrunner.com>
> To: Tesla Coil Mailing List<tesla at pupman.com>
> Sent: Sun, Nov 27, 2011 6:00 am
> Subject: Re: [TCML] Looking for Pole Pig Capacitors
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> On 11/25/2011 10:46 PM, Ln2guy42 at aol.com wrote:
>> Hi Roger,
>>
>> I have a couple videos on my YouTube channel.
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfQYHF6Z62c&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqV0ux2Qd0Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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>> Let me know what you think.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Amir
>>
>> On Nov 25, 2011, at 5:53 PM, Roger Smith<rwsmith at roadrunner.com>   wrote:
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>>> On 11/25/2011 5:53 PM, Amir Mojarradi wrote:
>>>> Hello everyone!
>>>>
>>>> I recently destroyed a 0.03 uFd  35kv Maxwell capacitor (#37667) of which I
> was using (4) in parallel to achieve 0.15 uFd at 35kv. I am running a 10kva
> 14.7kv pole pig powered coil with a 12in diameter, 57" winding length secondary,
> and a 60in major/ 12in minor diameter toroid. The single capacitor cracked in
> half and splashed oil for a good 8 feet. Evidently, my configuration was poorly
> designed to handle the ~ 15 kv input. Apparently, people have had this issue
> before and I was previously warned by David Rieben.
>>>> David suggested 2 of these Aerovox 0.305 uFd 50KV Capacitors in series, but
> that would be a bit pricey given the shipping for about152 lbs! Yet, I am
> considering them.
>>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Aerovox-Tesla-50KV-High-Voltage-Aerostor-Pulse-Capacitor-/200679608603?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2eb96fd11b
>>>>
>>>> Is anyone willing to sell pole pig suitable capacitors, either single unit
> or several, for approximately a 0.15uFd  50KV + rated capacitor bank? I'm a
> student and my budget is around $100-200 and I will of course pay for shipping
> and handling; I live near Pasadena, California. Please let me know if you have
> any comments or suggestions regarding possible capacitor choices; they will be
> greatly appreciated.
>>>> Thank you for your kindness,
>>>>
>>>> Amir Mojarradi
>>>>
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>>> Those Aerovox capacitors sound like a good deal to me.   Im tempted to get a
> couple myself but if I made my coil any more powerful I would have to take it
> outside to run it.    Your set up sounds pretty awesome.  Do you have any
> pictures?
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> Thanks Amir,   It looks like your coil is doing really well other than
> the capacitor problem.     I'm running with  .08 uf  capacitance on my
> coil.   Here is a link to a video of it.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaWtp9UrAjk
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Amir,  Your 14.5 pole pig will work fine with a full wave rectifier and 
a filter capacitor.    In the video you saw I was using a 7.2 KV pole 
pig with a voltage double but I am using a 19.5 KV pole pig now and a 
bigger toroid and I have a lot more output.

Roger