RE: Size of Primary High Voltage Capacitor

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com> 


Well, at least in most amateur tesla coil applications.  I'm sure some
the of biggest monster coils would
easily use a 0.5uF to 1uF capacitor on the primary.  Perhaps the
Lightning on Demand brute uses such.

Dan


 > The capacitance is far too high to be useful in any sort of Tesla coil
 > application, despite Ebay merchants suggesting otherwise.
 >
 > Gary Lau
 > MA, USA
 >
 >
 > Original poster: "WIZZARD ." <pbobyk-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 >
 > It is not entirely obvious to me whether a 500nfd or even a 1ufd
 > capacitor
 > is of any use in a Tesla coil application. These items come up on ebay
 > quite frequently, and I wondered why they are not scooped up
 > by coilers.
 >
 > There is a charge time constant that applies that I am ignorant of.
 > Any help would be appreciated.
 >
 > WIZZARD
 > Dwight, Ontario
 > Canada
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