Home-brew Capacitors

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• Subject: Home-brew Capacitors
• From: "Steve Young" <youngs-at-konnections-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 22:48:58 -0700
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

Hi all,

1) It's been a while since posts have been made about proposed home made
dry (no oil) caps made by connecting a bunch of them in series to minimize
corona and breakdown in the individual sections.  Has anyone achieved good,
long life results yet?  If so, many of us would appreciate the particulars.

2) It's also bee a while since the list had posts of plans to build caps
using stacks of poly bags (e.g. from Associated Bag Company).  Has anyone
done it, and if so, what were the results?

Bottom line - building caps is a major undertaking.  If people discover
better ways to do it, please share.

--Steve

p.s.  What has happened to Fr. McGahee?  We all benefitted from his wisdom
on the list.

 

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