Re: Multi-Rolled Cap

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• Subject: Re: Multi-Rolled Cap
• From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
• Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:47:37 -0500
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Subject:  Re: Multi-Rolled Cap
  Date:   Wed, 21 May 1997 00:10:22 -0400 (EDT)
  From:   richard hull <rhull-at-richmond.infi-dot-net>
    To:   Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>


At 03:29 PM 5/18/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Subject:  Re: Multi-Rolled Cap
>  Date:   Sun, 18 May 1997 13:07:55 -0500
>  From:   "Robert W. Stephens" <rwstephens-at-headwaters-dot-com>
>    To:   Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> 
>> 
>> Greetings All,
>> 
>> I have been following the posts on
>> building caps and I understand the
>> advantages of putting caps in series.
>> 
>> Let me represent 4 caps in series as
>> 
>> -----||---||---||---||-----
>> 
>> This is equivalent to:
>> 
>> ----|||||------
>> 
>> That is why not make a sandwich of 5 plates
>> of Al foil seperated by polythene sheets.
>> No connections are made to the 3 inner plates.
>> This would be very dificult in a rolled cap,
>> because of the number of layers. But easier
>> in a flat cap. The layers would need to
>> be staggered. Again showing only the foil:


All,

This is routinely done since the turn of the century in virtually 100%
of
all flat plate type mica condensers.  I have constructed several
polystyrene
caps like this for use at 5KVAC.  Works great.

Richard Hull, TCBOR

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