Re: Glass cap with polyethylene

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• Subject: Re: Glass cap with polyethylene
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• Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 15:14:11 -0500
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From: 	Greg Leyh[SMTP:lod-at-pacbell-dot-net]
Sent: 	Saturday, September 13, 1997 5:00 AM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: Glass cap with polyethylene 

Richard Smit wrote:


> I was wondering! Glass is a bad dielectric for a Tesla Coil but what if you
> take a thin piece of polyethylene and place it between the foil and glass.
> Will it still be a bad cap or will it be better because of the poly?

It would be a far better capacitor -- provided that you remove the glass, as well.

-GL

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