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Default Safely testing 22 kV capacitors

On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:57:08 -0800, William B Noble (don't reply to this address) wrote:


your 9KV xformer with a pair of diodes will give you 18KV (standard
1/2 wave doubler circuit) which you apply to third cap, measure
leakage with milliampmeter.

offer to the tesla coil commuity - there is a nice listserv for tesla
coilers (you'll need to search it out, I subscribed so long ago I
don't remember how I found it) - try pumpan.com since that's where
the list gets sent out.

suitable diodes are in a Microwave oven, just put two in series

22 KV is not particularly high, but as others have pointed out, you
can get a pretty nasty shock -

there is also a tesla ring - follow it


Thanks Bill... i