Re: caps an the resonant freq.

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: caps an the resonant freq.
From: "Dr. Resonance" <DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 22:17:29 -0700
Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

to: Kerry

1 mil = .001 inch, so 6 mil poly is .006 inches.  You need 60 mil poly or
060 inch thick for a capacitor.  

Regards,

Dr.Resonance-at-next-wave-dot-net


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> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: caps an the resonant freq.
> Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 11:21 AM
> 
> Original Poster: Kerry Jarrell <Kerry-at-apprentice-dot-com> 
> 
> well I am reading the articals in the arcives about caps, and I read some
> people are using .06" poly, or it reads 6 mill poly, my question is, is
it
> hundreths of an inch or thousands that i should look for I got 2 sheets
of
> hdpe of .03" thickness and I just want to make sure that I am not wasting
my
> time building the caps with the wrong thickness of plastic, the other
> question, I have is a simple one but I can not find it on the web sites
at
> least not yet, the resonant freq. that you base your calculations on for
the
> cap, is it the iductance of the primary or the secondary, or a combo of
> both..... I find some answers but there not clear, I have built some
coils
> in the past but i did not have the background to do the math not I have
the
> background I want to do math and see how close I can get to what I am
> calculating.
> 
> kerry
>