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Re: re Mineral Spirits

On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 06:18:22 -0700, Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: "Dr. Resonance" <Dr.Resonance-at-next-wave-dot-net> 
> 
> to: Chris
> 
> No --- don't try this.  In theory it sounds great, but the metal ions
will
> migrate into the distilled water and soon it will become partially
> conductive.  You need special metals to make this idea work.  Use mineral
> oil --- much easier and no headaches.\
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dr.Resonance-at-next-wave-dot-net
> 
> >

 I have found the effective capacity of water to be around 40 and not 80.
Distilled water does not stay that way long; use of T-314 stainless steel is
the usual recomended material. Certain patents such as Purahich 4,394,230
suggest that a unipolar impulse is obtained at 5000 hz which makes the water
capacitor like a diode where current only travels in one direction. A lot of
problems in using water as a dielectric in a tesla primary: like doc says
forget it HDN


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Date: Friday, February 26, 1999 2:11 PM
> Subject: Re: re Mineral Spirits
> 
> 
> >Original Poster: Chris Tominkson <internetinbox-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> >
> >I heard from my oceanography teacher that pure water, just one
> >Hydrogen atom and 2 Oxygen, don't conduct electricity. He said that it
> >is the minerals and other stuff in water that conduct electricity. So
> >could you use distilled water for poly-rolled caps?
> >
> >---Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Original Poster: Gary Lau  25-Feb-1999 0811 <lau-at-hdecad.ENET.dec-dot-com>
> >>
> >> >I've been looking around for mineral oil to build my poly plate
> >cap, and
> >> >I found that Home Depot sells mineral spirits.  They say it is the
> >same
> >> >as plain mineral oil.  Will this work?
> >>
> >> No!!!  Completely different stuff.  Mineral spirits are extremely
> >> volatile and flammable.  You don't want this in your caps.
> >>
> >> Go to the laxative section any drug store or supermarket, they sell
> >> USP mineral oil in 16 oz bottles, just buy a bunch of them.  And try
> >not
> >> to look constipated.
> >>
> >> Gary Lau
> >> Waltham, MA USA
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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