Re: bottle caps

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: bottle caps
• From: "J. B. Weazle McCreath" <weazle-at-hurontel.on.ca> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 11:22:26 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

At 05:47 PM 18/02/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Original Poster: CTCDW-at-aol-dot-com 
>
>hello everyone...
>
>I am going to make a bottle capacitor, just for fun..Maybe I need another 
>hobby...? :)
>Anyway, are all 6 bottles in parallel in the average cap? I think I've seen 
>several different ways, but I am looking for as close to .006 as possible. 
>Any advice?
>
>thanks!
>
>Chris Walton
>
>
Hello Chris:

You might want to take a look at using one litre PE milk jugs.
Being square, you'll have more surface area for a given volume
plus they will nest together better than round bottles, hence
taking up less room.  The plastic in the jugs we get is quite
thick, so they should take the voltage OK.  Six in parallel
should give you the desired capacity.


73, Weazle, VE3EAR/VE3WZL

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