Re: Glass Capacitor

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: Glass Capacitor
• From: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:16:56 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

In a message dated 3/22/00 8:04:44 PM Pacific Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

> Original Poster: "Scott Stephens" <Scott2-at-Mediaone-dot-net> 
>  
>  Who has used plate glass for their capacitor, what specs and what results? 
I
>  remember someone complaining a while back it was very heavy. I'm 
considering
>  stacked plates with aluminum foil in between:
>  10" x 10" with 1/4" on the edges painted with corona dope
>  .05" or .1" thick plate glass for 12KV?
>  
>  Thanks,
>  
>  Scott

Scott,

Glass is miserable stuff; heavy, lossy, bulky, subject to breakage, and must
be run in oil or similar to reduce corona.  It works probably similar to salt
water/ bottle caps, probably slightly better.

Cheers,
John Freau

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