Big caps

[pvision]

I know there are a few capacitor-fanciers on here. Here's one found on eBay

It's 5" long, about 3" diameter and would grace any over-the-top build.

Value? 60 kV rating, capacitance… 5 pF

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ITT-Jennings-Fixed-Vacuum-Capacitor-60000v-60KV-5-pF-7128-JCD-5-60S-711400-4-/262001879850?hash=item3d00876b2a

Nick Froome

 

[emrr]

ye olde transmitter cap!

 

[Seeker]

A different kind of big cap.... In a hafler dh-500

5.75" x 2.5" 20,000uf @ 100v

 

[lassoharp]

They'll go off like a shotgun if you discharge them in an inadvertent manner.

Radio tech friend of mine once had to explain to a sheriff's deputy that there was no gun fire.  He was wrestling with a Collins transmitter and did something he shouldn't have.  Deputy happened to be driving close by with the window down.

 

[ln76d]

Maybe not capacitor but i think this is the biggest "tube" in the world

 

[emrr]

here's a nice firecracker for ya