Re: Manly saltwater caps

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• Subject: Re: Manly saltwater caps
• From: Alex Crow <user-at-alexcrow.clara-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 22:37:18 -0600
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These bottles would seem ideal , as long as there are not any 'thin spots' near
the edges of the mouldings. Surface area=excellent. Thickness should be good
with maybe 3 or 4 in series? Oh, the saltwater is a conductor, so make it as
saturated as possible. Mercury would be amazing but it is expensive, would
weigh about 1/2 ton per bottle and is nasty stuff. The roll of foil is a good
idea, should lower the ESR a bit. My safety caps are wine bottles, foil on
outside, foil dipping in water (topped with transformer oil) on inside. So far
they are fine.

Alex


Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: "christopher boden" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
> Alright...here's the idea.
>
> I keep hearing that glass is very lossy for saltwater caps, and has a nasty
> habit of breaking while in use from thermal expansion. I also hear that
> polyethyline is groovy. Well I'm not sure, but I think that the big 5 gallon
> water jugs that they use for office coolers (think Absopure) are made of PE.
> Would it be a good idea instead of using a bunch of little bottles wired in
> paralell, to use one big one?
> It would have a huge amount of surface area...maybe 4 square feet or so. It
> would also have a 2" opening at the top, the source for another idea.
> If I wrap the whole thing with Al foil and fill it with salt water, would it
> be a good idea to make a small rolled tube of Al foil and hang it in the
> center? The basic idea here is to increase the surface area. Does the water
> act as a conducter or dialectric?
> The thing is I can't figure out if the water is supposed to be one of the
> plates with the wall of the jar the dialectric, or if it's the water itself.
> In any case, I'm sleeping with a copy of "Capacitor theory and design" under
> my pillow tonight. I'm working on a learn-by-osmosis theory....I'll let you
> know how it turns out.
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