Re: "BEVERAGE" BOTTLE CAPS

To: "'Tesla List'" <tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: "BEVERAGE" BOTTLE CAPS
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 01:05:02 -0600
Approved: tesla-at-stic-dot-net


From: 	Alfred A. Skrocki[SMTP:alfred.skrocki-at-cybernetworking-dot-com]
Sent: 	Sunday, November 16, 1997 3:02 AM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: "BEVERAGE" BOTTLE CAPS

On Saturday, November 15, 1997 1:09 PM Adam
[SMTP:absmith-at-tiac-dot-net] wrote;

> >I think they are made of PET (polyethylene terephalate)(sp?). I don't have
> >dielectric
> >properties of PET handy.
 
> Yes, that is right, and for AC use, PET is a loser.  It is a polyester 
> and it does have a very high dielectric strength, but in Tesla service it 
> behaves very similarly to mylar (it gets hot, melts and BANG!).  Plastic 
> Coke bottle caps are fine for DC however.
 
Adam, PET (polyethylene terephalate) is not just similar to mylar IT IS 
MYLAR!

                               Sincerely

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