Re: mini-tc charmed

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


Dood, just use some plastic 2l pop bottles, cut out the plastic so you get 
a sheet out of the middle, roll a cap
gets ya a nice 2~5kv cap at rf, 20kv+ depending on how far you make the 
edges of the tinfoil wide and don't care about it degradeing fast (low 
pulse duty would work well) No oil needed, tho it probley would help it 
last longer, price per cap: $0.40 (deposit of two 2 liter bottles)
Resulting capasatance per cap: 2nf to 4nf, Add 0.5nf if you roll electrical 
tape tightly around the roll.
Make the rolls at most 1inch wide
Why does it change from 2nf to 4nf? depends how rumpled the tinfoil gets 
while you roll it, very little will be about 4nf, sloopy will be about 2nf

>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: mini-tc charmed
>Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 18:02:18 -0700
>
>Original poster: "Matt Skidmore by way of Terry Fritz 
><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <fox-at-woozle-dot-org>
>
>by the way, im now looking for some appropriate tc caps that will get me
>6000v at 0.02-0.03 uf. if anyone has a few caps that they would sell me
>i'd appreciate.
>
>im still working on those pictures as someone has borrowed my camera
>
>-fox
>
>On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, Tesla list wrote:
>
> > Original poster: "Matt Skidmore by way of Terry Fritz 
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <fox-at-woozle-dot-org>
> >
> >  > Congratulations on your results.  I just wanted to mention
> >  > that some glass caps can explode due to the Mylar
> >  > dielectric which heats up.  The red colored ones are the
> >  > dangerous ones I think.  The blue ones may be safe, but
> >  > I'm not sure.
> >
> > great! i can look forward to some adventure.. they have been heating
> > slightly, but i have not been running it to let it get hot. i will work on
> > some different caps.
> >
> >