Re: Coloured dielectric

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Original poster: "Jason by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>

Stacy,

These 'Metlika Caps' are pretty good things - darn cheap!!! I did one as an
experiment and it performed pretty well for five quid!!! I used red party
cups, and they seemed to work ok, so i dont think color matters!!

Regards,
Jason
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Subject: Coloured dielectric


> Original poster: "Stacy Gillett by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <sgillett-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
> Hi List,
>
> I was just wondering if anyone has had any success using a coloured (as
> opposed to clear) plastic as a dielectric in a home-made plate-type
> capacitor.  The reason I ask is because I'm about to build some of Marc's
> party cup caps to replace my lossy saltwater caps, and I've already got
some
> coloured polypropylene cups on hand.  Would the dyes used in these cups
have
> any detrimental effect on the dielectric strength and/or the RF
dissipation
> factor of the polypropylene?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stacy Gillett
> http://www.student.unimelb.edu.au/~stacycg/
>
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