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Re: doorknob capacitor
Tesla List wrote:
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> >From ed-at-alumni.caltech.eduThu Sep 5 22:50:15 1996
> Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 20:14:58 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Edward V. Phillips" <ed-at-alumni.caltech.edu>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: doorknob capacitor
>
> Brent:
> Yep, they came from Hiway, which now goes under Nick Andree's
> name apparently. My nephew and I bought the last sixty or so of them,
> and he is now out (or at least was the last time I talked to him).
> We didn't find any bad ones, or at least I didn't (measured the
> capacitance and 1 kHz dissipation factor of all of them by screwing
> in terminals, and a grossly loose terminal would have shown up, I
> think), and the only one which has failed was due to gross stupidity.
> Main problem is their temperature sensitivity.....
> So, as far as I know, the "million of 'em...." are no more.
> High Voltage Press up north was selling the identical parts (even
> same lot numbers) for somewhat more money. Bought some of those too,
> and had decent results with them as well.
> Ed Phillips
Maybe that's where those "million of 'em" went....I know George
Trinkhaus (author of "Tesla Coil!" and "Tesla - the lost inventions" )
who *is* High Voltage Press. Seems like he's gotten into supplying
parts as well as books...
- Brent