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RE: Reducing Self Resonance In Rolled Caps
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 7:18 PM
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> Subject: Re: Reducing Self Resonance In Rolled Caps
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> Original Poster: "Reinhard Walter Buchner" <rw.buchner-at-verbund-dot-net>
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> YouŽll
> be mighty surprised how far 7-15kV can creep along the surface
> of a dielectric (PE in this case). It is many fold the distance it will
> jump in free air.
I will testify to this. I have enjoyed laying around 12 mil
of polyethylene on top of my toroid, and then handing a ground
wire from the ceiling. I then take a flat PVC end cap the kind
used for just testing for leaks, probably about 60mil, on top
of the poly. Then put a small screw on top of that. The
streamers go for the screw and then splash out in all directions.
It is really cool looking. I have a very small coil I don't
know if it would work with those 3-4 foot streamers. That
might just punch a whole through the poly. However when it
does work the streamers floating atop the poly go about 3-4
times further than in air. Try it, it is really impressive.
> Coiler greets from Germany,
> Reinhard
>
Cheers,
Bill Parn