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Re: 1 nF, 10kV ceramic caps
Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist@qwest.net>" <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Er, yes... they would vanish in a hurry in a AC kind of environment. But,
for those of you building CW multipliers or Marxes to try new and different
stuff, they might work ok.
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Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: 1 nF, 10kV ceramic caps
> Original poster: "Harold Weiss by way of Terry Fritz
<teslalist@qwest.net>" <hweiss@new.rr.com>
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> Hi All,
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> Those look like the caps I vaporised when I first started coiling. When
> they flashed, all that was left was the two leads. They did work to some
> extent when built up in an MMC arrangement but would get really hot.
>
> May your streamers be long and plentiful.
> David E Weiss
>
> > Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist@qwest.net>"
> <jimlux@earthlink.net>
> >
> > I ran across the data sheet for the Matsushita (Panasonic) 10kV, 1nF
caps
> > you see at the various surplus places...
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http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/components/pdf/008_ec049_eck_mdv_dne.pdf
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> > Note the fairly poor loss factor (0.025 @ 1kHz).. That's 2.5%
folks...and
> > I'll bet it's a heck of a lot worse at higher frequencies...
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