Re: Cap materials

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• Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 20:28:37 -0500
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Subject:   Re: Cap materials
  Date:    Thu, 17 Apr 1997 11:13:57 -0400
  From:    Lord Talimar" <lordtali-at-mill.tds-dot-net>
    To:    "Tesla List" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>


instead of mineral oil, try vegetable oil.  fairly close in dielectric
value, and cheaper and easier to get a hold of.

Hope this helps.

LT

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> I'm about to start building some rolled poly caps, and have a question
> about sourcing materials.  .09" thick polyethelene is not commonly
> available, but .006" thick is.  Is it reasonable to use 16 layers of
> this
> thin stuff, or would this many layers be totally unwieldy?  
> 
> I don't have access to a vacuum pump to pump the cap down to remove air 
> bubbles.  Would the multi thin layers pose a greater problem in
> harboring
> air bubbles?
> 
> Also, for the mineral oil, what kind of place does one go to for this?
> Auto supply store?
> 
> Gary Lau
> Waltham, MA
>

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