Jim Wilkins wrote:

On Jan 20, 8:14 am, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:
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It's simple: Connect a known value capacitor across the coil. Put a
1K ohm resistor in series with the generator to the hot side and connect
the ground to the other end of the coil. Then use a scope or AC
voltmeter to look for resonance across the L/C pair.

That's only simple if you have a capacitance meter. Do NOT use an
electrolytic or multilayer ceramic cap. Caps that are physically large
for their value like plastic film ones are more likely to be close to
their nominal value.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_capacitor


I would use the HV capacitor that came from the oven.

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