Re: Bucket Capacitor

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• Subject: Re: Bucket Capacitor
• From: "Thomas McGahee" <tom_mcgahee-at-sigmais-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 12:01:42 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

The bucket capacitor is very inefficient as far as
size versus capacitance goes. A flat cap or rolled
poly or MMC would be a MUCH better choice for a
fixed value capacitor.

The bucket variable capacitor is a good choice
for a variable HV cap, however.

Fr. Tom McGahee

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Date: Thursday, February 03, 2000 10:00 AM
Subject: RE: Bucket Capacitor


>Original Poster: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau-at-compaq-dot-com>
>
>* > Does anyone know the url for the site with plans for the multiple
>layer
>* bucket capacitor?
>
>The original idea was posted to the Pupman Tesla list by Fr. Thomas McGahee
>on July 13, 1997.  Check the archives.
>
>Gary Lau
>Waltham, MA USA
>
>
>

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