mmc and high current.....

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Original poster: "david baehr by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dfb25-at-hotmail-dot-com>


The cap will be a .04mfd (I'm getting 15 extra just in case: ) The rotary
is non-sync with 8 spinning electrodes at APPROX 4000-5000rpm, 600bps ????
The gap motor is 120v ac-dc, 0-10,000rpm and I ran it at about 45-50volts
on my old coil. Also the old system performed well with two rolled poly
caps, .038mfd, thats how I came up with the .04 for the new cap. This could
be a good test for these 'Geek caps'. The ol' rolled caps held up to a few
long runs, 3-5min. at a time at 5kva, but I did hold my variac to 200v out
so as not to blow the caps. Don't know how much life is left in them,
better get a mmc. Thanks for your help!!!!!!!!dave