Re: Success with PP Multi-Mini Cap

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: Success with PP Multi-Mini Cap
• From: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 18:53:07 -0700
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

In a message dated 3/29/99 2:13:07 AM Pacific Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes:

>  As I mentioned a few days ago, I have had some encouraging results with a
>  > new tank capacitor made from a series/parallel array of small .015uF
>  > 1.6KVDC polypropylene commercial caps.  Briefly, I used series strings of
>  > sixteen of the caps for an effective DC voltage rating of 25.6KV, with a
>  > 15KV-RMS/60mA NST power supply.
>  > 
>  > Last night I logged over 15 near-continuous minutes of operation, so I
>  > wanted to declare some measure of success.  I have documented the
>  > capacitor on my web page at:
>  > http://people.ne.mediaone-dot-net/lau/tesla/tesla.htm
>  > 
>  > I also scanned some of the data sheets from the Wima catalog that
>  > describe how to determine the maximum voltages one may apply to these
>  > caps.  Just like a bumblebee, this thing shouldn't fly, but it does!
>  > 
>  > Performance of the new cap seems to be identical to that of my Fair Radio
>  > Sales cap, as well as my failed extended-foil rolled poly cap.  Only this
>  > one doesn't get hot, only very slightly, barely detectably warm.
>  > 
>  > Regards, Gary Lau
>  > Waltham, MA USA
>  
>  Gary:
>  
>          Very interesting.  How much do the individual capacitors cost and 
> where
>  did you get them?
>  
>  Ed
Gary,

Are these cap strings submerged in oil?

Ed Sonderman

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