Poly Caps

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• Subject: Poly Caps
• From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
• Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 22:58:20 -0500
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From:  Julian Green [SMTP:julian-at-kbss.bt.co.uk]
Sent:  Tuesday, June 30, 1998 4:03 AM
To:  tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject:  Re: Poly Caps

> 
> Richard Quick states in one of his documents:
> 
> 	"The best dielectric for homemade Tesla capacitors
> 	is low density polyethylene plastic."
> 
> Now my plastic supplier has easier access to "high density" P/E.
> 
> 1. Is this better / same / inferior for pulse cap construction ?
> 
> 2. Is the dielectric constant the same (ie. stated 2.2 but use 2.0 for home
> caps)  ?
> 
> Many Thanks,
> 
> Mark
> 

dielectric constant is slightly different, but nothing to worry about.
HDPE is stiff old stuff and rolling your cap will be difficult.

Julian Green

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