Re: plastic bottle caps

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• Subject: Re: plastic bottle caps
• From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
• Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 08:39:31 -0600
• Approved: tesla-at-stic-dot-net

Subject: 
        Re: plastic bottle caps
  Date: 
        Thu, 27 Mar 1997 00:41:28 -0500 (EST)
  From: 
        richard hull <rhull-at-richmond.infi-dot-net>
    To: 
        Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>


At 08:57 AM 3/26/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Subject: 
>        plastic bottle caps
>  Date: 
>        Wed, 26 Mar 1997 16:01:29 +0200
>  From: 
>        Kenneth Aaron <kennetha-at-geocities-dot-com>
>    To: 
>        tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>
>
>Bottle capacitors can be built from glass bottles with a bolt
>down the middle.....
>Can a plastic bottle be used instead, I have these huge 2 litre 
>soft drinks bottles and was wondering if they are appropriate.


Any good insulator of low loss is ok provided it can withsatnd the
voltage.
plastic bottles might prove a bit thin and lossey for higher voltages.
R. Hull

>
>Second question, what does the oil that is placed on top of the
>salt water used for ?


To prevent evaporation of the water and supress corona. R. Hull 


>----------------------------
>Kenneth Aaron 
>E-mail : kennetha-at-geocities-dot-com
>http://www.geocities-dot-com/SunsetStrip/8736/
>----------------------------
>
>

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