Re: "Plate" Capacitors

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>

Hi,

You may want to check out the NST protection filter at:

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Misc/NSTFilt.jpg

Use properly set safety gaps at the very least.  This will help protect the NST
to a high degree.

Cheers,

        Terry

At 09:57 PM 4/11/2001 -0400, you wrote: 
>
> I was going to post this after I finished testing but my 15000v/60ma NST 
> died( I just bought it like 2 weeks ago and didn't use it for a TC yet, the 
> guy at the place won't give me a refund either.) Well any way, my idea was to
>
> use disposable plastic party plates for a capacitor. I put it together with 4
>
> plastic plates per dielectric layer, giving me around 50mil. I think. I 
> calculated 9 foil plates for .005uf. So what do you guys think? I'll have 
> these tested as soon as I can pick up some 12000v/60ma NST( for free, but the
>
> guy at that NST place said they've been sitting there for years so he's not 
> sure they work.)