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- To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
- Subject: Re: [Fwd: new cap]
- From: Roderick Maxwell <major-at-vicksburg-dot-com>
- Date: Sat, 08 Mar 1997 11:15:34 -0800
- References: <33208B30.1C4A-at-stic-dot-net>
- Reply-To: major-at-vicksburg-dot-com
Tesla List wrote: > > Subject: Re: [Fwd: new cap] > Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 19:48:41 -0500 (EST) > From: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com > > In a message dated 97-03-04 20:03:34 EST, you write: > > << > In a message dated 97-03-04 05:09:46 EST, you write: > > << Sunday I finished my second poly plate capacitor. I now have 6000 > picofarads. What I would like to know is how long I should let it degass > before I put it to work? The first cap was no problem since I built it > months before I completed the rest of the coil. I'm just itching to see > how much more output I get with all that extra stored energy! > > > > > Frankensteins Helper > Max > >> > Max, > > The standard response I get on this question is 2 weeks. It helps to shake > it every once in a while as you can usually see some air bubbles come up when > you do this. The first few times you use it, you might want to close up your > gaps some to limit the voltage until you get some run time on it. > > Ed Sonderman >> Could'nt wait any longer I ran the cap in the coil the other night at low power and it worked great! I only turned the variac up to 65% though, and closed up the gap. I will slowly increase power on the variac with a few more runs, and open up the gap again in about a week. Frankenstiens Helper Max
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