Re: CD capacitor

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <neillien22-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Justin,
try putting them in the microwave to get rid of the stuff on the
surface.....one at a time i recommend .....and hopefully you have a test
microwave or just an extra one....cause it might fry it.....
lol....
good luck....
have fun...
stay safe....

Neil
neillien22-at-hotmail-dot-com
las vegas, nv
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Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 5:10 PM
Subject: CD capacitor


> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Cydesho-at-aol-dot-com>
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> Here's an idea I thought I'd throw out there. Has anyone considered using
a
> stack of CD's as a capacitor? CD's are often free, they have big bins of
free
> AOL Internet CD's at the market I work at. They would stack really nicely,
> and the metal on the surface of the CD is really smooth and uniform. A
> capacitor made of these things would more than likely have to be submersed
in
> oil to prevent arcing and corona. They only problem would be finding a way
to
> remove the paint from a portion of the CD in order to make an electrical
> connection. I have no idea what kind of plastic CD's are made of, but I
> thought I'd see what some other people thought of this.
>                                 Justin
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