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First Tesla Coil hints?




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From:  Jim Lux [SMTP:jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net]
Sent:  Sunday, February 22, 1998 1:11 PM
To:  Tesla List
Subject:  Re: First Tesla Coil hints?


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> From:  Michael Baumann [SMTP:baumann-at-proton.llumc.edu]
> Sent:  Saturday, February 21, 1998 11:49 AM
> To:  Tesla List
> Subject:  Re: First Tesla Coil hints?
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> On Sat, 21 Feb 1998, Tesla List wrote:
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> > Ok.  I found some 40 kv 2.7 uF doorknob capacitors for $16 each.  Two
of
> * these would do the trick.  Would these do well?  Is the price decent?
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> 1.35 uf? That would be way too big, and besides doorknobs are rather
> lossy.

I rather think that they are 2.7 nF not 2.7 uF. A 2 uF cap at 40 kV is a
physically large piece of gear. Besides which, 2.7 nf (2700 pF) is a
standard value for 40 kV doorknobs.