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Re: Capacitor Idea
---Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
>
> Original Poster: "Steve Young" <youngs-at-konnections-dot-com>
>
> Chris - see below:
>
> ----------
> > From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> > Subject: Capacitor Idea
> > Date: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 12:43 PM
> >
> > Original Poster: Chris Tominkson <internetinbox-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> >
> > I thought of this the other day, it is an idea for making a
capacitor
> > that is also like a grounded safety gap, kind of. I have seen
> > schematics with grounded safety gaps, and grounded safety gaps built
> > into the capacitors, but here is my idea:
> >
> > You get a big pickel jar, or any other big jar/container, and put in
> > rolled polyethelyne/aluminum siding (just like whoevers design it
is),
> > connect it like normal, and fill it with oil. Make sure the
> > poly/aluminum roll is tight against the container it is in, with the
> > aluminum side touching the glass. Then put some kind of conducting
> > material around the outside of the glass, like in the
Saltwater/Leyden
> > Jar design. Only ground the conducter on the outside.
> >
> > So if higher voltage comes to the cap, it will hopefully be enough
to
> > jump through the glass and go to ground.
> >
> > Sound OK? Any thoughts? Write them!
> >
> > Chris
> >
>
> Here's how I think it "sounds":
>
> BRRRRRAAAATTTTT - Tesla coil operates normally with nice noisy sparks
>
> BANG! Extra energenic pulse jumps through the pickle jar.
>
> CRACK! TINKLE!! Pickle jar cracks from the shock wave and heat of the
> spark.
>
> GLUG, GLUG, SPLASH, DRIP, DRIP as the oil gushes out all over the
floor.
>
> -at-#%*&% +!! -at-?&%$! you shout as you madly lunge for the off switch, but
>
> BBBUUUUZZZZZ, FLUMP, SIZZLE, CRACKLE first goes the cap as it arcs
> internally and the oil bursts into flames.
>
> YIKES, WHERE's THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER?? Gotta use water instead!!
>
> FLASH, CRACK, SIZZLE goes your cap and you, as you never did make it
to the
> off switch before things burst into flame!!
>
> Etc.
>
> DON'T DO THIS!! Just form a penny's worth of house wire into a
safety gap
> across your cap and save the fire department and paramedics a trip!
>
> (The above is tongue-in-cheek, but it could happen!)
>
> --Steve
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So what I need is a container that will not fail under high voltages,
and that is insulative enough so that the power from the transformer
can't go to ground, but not so much insulation that it is impossible
for higher voltages to go through it. Does such a material exist?
Chris.
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