microwave oven caps

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Cydesho-at-aol-dot-com>

I've been doing some investigating into microwave oven capacitors, and it 
seems that many of them are constructed using a polypropylene dielectric. I 
had heard that one of the reasons they will not work in tesla tank circuits 
is because they have a mylar dielectric which heats the capacitors to the 
point of failure. Aerovox manufactures their capacitors using polypropylene, 
and so do several other small companies. I know that the capacitors have 
inductances that are higher than conventional pulse capacitors, but I think 
I'll do some investigating to see if I can get them to work.
                                    Justin