Salt water caps ?

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• Subject: Salt water caps ?
• From: "Lionel Smith" <itech-at-global.co.za> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 19:46:35 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Greetings and happy holidays to all,

I wanted to build my first coil with salt water caps. I've seen it mentioned
that glass is "lossy" when used as a dielectric in caps.

Would some knowledgeable person please comment on the merits of using
plastic coldrink (soda pop) containers instead. Here in South Africa we can
get Coke in 500 ml  plastic containers. I have no clue what the plastic is.
It is clear and fairly thin. They are made by the "blow moulding" method.

Thanking you in advance

Lionel Smith
tesla-at-itech.co.za

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