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Re: Plastic Pop Bottle SW Caps
Tesla List wrote:
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> From: "Payne, Will E" <will.e.payne-at-lmco-dot-com>
>
> Thanks Jim ! Like my friend Kip, you like to brainstorm outside the
> envelope. A fine habit !
>
> Let me clarify one item, the aluminum foil was REPLACED by liquid
> electrolyte, I did not use liquid and aluminum together. The next night I
> graduated to a SS tub with a plastic grid in the bottom.
>
> Your idea about copper sulfate is well taken, I will immediately search for
> a cheap source.
I have found that you want to avoid the lump variety (i.e. bluestone).
Not only is it harder to dissolve, but it costs more than the granular.
Check the fertiziler/ag chemical places. They use it in fungicidal
sprays, among other things. You might have to spend as much as $10 for
a 50 pound sack.
>
> My current T Coil investigation are in the Hawg spirit and philosophy, which
> is certainly NOT to rule out exotic solutions, only expensive ones ! One
> fellow suggested I use heavy plastic bags for a dielectric, and I have
> considered plastic pipe as well.
Especially that really thin-wall stuff (Sch A)
> Perhaps its time to present the local
> techno-nerds with a workshop on building the "Hawg Tesla Coil" a small but
> effective coil a novice can build for $25. My original Tesla Coil cost
> about that much (SW caps from beer bottles), and thats about what a Hawg
> project kit ought to cost. So, we seek original and exotic ideas, but
> mostly CHEAP ideas.
>
> I dont know a lot about electrolyte conductivity, but ion mobility as well
> as valence will be important. However I suspect in our case the major
> portion of resistance is contact resistance. Your sodium idea sure invokes
> some wild and hilarious mental images, Kip will love it, as he did some
> nuclear physics with liquid lithium. Plus, sodium is intrinsically cheap.