Re: Dielectric ideas

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Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>

I like the plastic sheet idea, but you really need to
know what kind of plastic it is. Polyethylene,
polypropylene, and polystyrene would make a great
stacked plate cap. Vinyl or mylar would probably make
a worthless capacitor.

Greg
http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "bdsabds sadgsdgsda by way of Terry
> Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <fdgahbdfhbfdb-at-juno-dot-com>
> 
> At the local hardware supply store I found flat,
> rectangular sheets of
> aluminum at 21 cents each. I'm thinking of making
> some capacitors with
> these and I had two ideas for a dielectric. First is
> using waxed paper,
> and dipping the capacitor in oil. The second idea is
> just plain clear
> plastic overhead sheets (like the ones used in
> schools) Which one do you
> think will work better, or at all?
> I would use bolts to hold the thing together (like
> flower pressers) and
> act as the top terminals.
>
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