Re: Capacitor construction

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Original poster: "brian by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ka1bbg1-at-mcttelecom-dot-com>

Hi, glass is quite lossy at tesla frequency, chances are good of getting a
hot spot and that will crack the glass. but tin foil and glass are cheap and
if you got the glass go for it till you save enough for mmc caps. Mmc caps
are very nice, a real improvement over all other methods so far. cul brian
f.
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Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 8:34 PM
Subject: Capacitor construction


> Original poster: "Daniel Barrett by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dbarrett-at-clearcube-dot-com>
>
>     Hi all!
>     I'm new to the list and currently building my first coil. From What I
have
> seen, MMC's are the capacitor of choice, but I was wondering if anyone has
> experimented with glass plates with aluminum foil or brass sheets for the
> electrodes. Both of these are in abundant supply in my shop and I'm trying
to
> save a buck :)
> Has anyone had any luck with this? is the dielectric constant of glass
> sufficient to get a good Q in the primary?
> TIA,
> db
> <mailto:dbarrett-at-clearcube-dot-com>dbarrett-at-clearcube-dot-com
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