Re: Paper/Oil Capacitors

["Malcolm Watts" <M.J.Watts-at-massey.ac.nz> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Hi Greg,

On 17 Aug 00, at 11:42, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Gregory Hunter" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com> 
> 
> I don't see many posts regarding paper & oil HV caps
> for tesla coil use.  What's the problem with them?

My very first properly working TC used a pair of these in 
series. When one eventually (but inevitably) died I opened it 
up to have a look. Here is what I found:

- *thin* wires going from each end of the series'd bank to the 
connecting terminals on the case.
- rolled individual units with 2-3 thin wires connecting one 
unit to its mates (i.e. not extended foil with a parallel 
connection to all parts of the foil).

- the same transformer and capacitance which got me 20" with 
those units (on a good day) subsequently delivered in excess 
of four feet with a better coil design and more importantly, 
an extended foil cap.

Regards,
Malcolm

 
> Cheers,
> 
> Greg
> 
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