Re: Dielectric ideas

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Original poster: "Nick Andrews by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <nicothefabulous-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Hi all,

Wal-Mart sells 2-packs of thin poly "cutting boards" for about 4 bucks.  
Don't remember the size, but I think they are around 11x17 inches.  About 
the size and thickness of placemats.  I bought a couple, but haven't tried 
them yet.

Nick A
Denver, USA


>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: Dielectric ideas
>Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 07:51:47 -0600
>
>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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