Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <PsychoticMinds1-at-aol-dot-com> Im new to all this tesla stuff and im not to knowledgeble on capacitor workings but wouldnt the metal windings or a coil act as an electrode and the coil form act as a dielectric and the air inside the coil act as the other electrode? kind of like an air capacitor?