Re: Tips on capacitor and toroid design

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: Tips on capacitor and toroid design
• From: Steve Roys <sroys-at-umaryland.edu> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 17:01:57 -0700
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Tesla List wrote:

> Another interesting application for Kapton sheets is to find a nice medium
> size surplus air variable capacitor.  Now, attach Kapton sheets to the
> metal blades with the Kapton sheets extending approximately 3 inches beyond
> each blade.  Immerse in xmfr oil and your have a wide range variable
> capacitor that can be connecting in parallel with your normal Tesla coil

What is the function of the Kapton sheets over and above the xformer oil?

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