Re: Secondary and Capacitor

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

We use the banana plug ones on ours :) they're great.

As far as the bottles, as long as it's glass (plastic is bad) it's all 
worth a shot. We use Corona because of the name, that's it, we just got 
lucky and they turned out to work VERY well.



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>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: Secondary and Capacitor
>Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 11:33:34 -0700
>
>Original poster: "Centauri by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><centauri010-at-attbi-dot-com>
>
>Hey,
>Is there any way to predict how well a bottle will work? All the glass 
>bottles in my house are odd shaped gin/rum/whiskey type bottles. However, 
>I have plenty of milk bottles. They are "Promised Land" (really good milk) 
>bottles that they sell at the grocery store. Also, I went to radio shack 
>today to find the binding posts and the largest things I could find were 
>banana plug binding post. Will these work?
>
>Thanks,
>Alan
>
>Tesla list wrote:
>
>>Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz 
>><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>>
>>As long as you don't sand the insulation off the magnet wire itself, you 
>>can safely sand the bumps off the painted on coating. But there's no need 
>>to except for cosmetics.
>>
>>As far as everything you need to know about SW caps, this will cover it.
>>
>>http://www.thegeekgroup-dot-org/projects/bucketcap/
>>
>>
>>
>>Christopher "Duck" Boden Geek#1
>>President / C.E.O. / Alpha Geek
>>The Geek Group
>>www.thegeekgroup-dot-org
>>Because the Geek shall inherit the Earth!
>>
>>Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can 
>>change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
>>
>>
>>The ability to learn is older - as it is also more widespread - than is 
>>the ability to teach.
>>     - Both from Margaret Mead, 1901 - 1978
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>>>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>>>Subject: Secondary and Capacitor
>>>Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 12:22:31 -0700
>>>
>>>Original poster: "Centauri by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
>>><centauri010-at-attbi-dot-com>
>>>
>>>Hey everyone,
>>>I finished winding my secondary two days ago and I've been coating it with
>>>gloss finish oil based  polyurethane since then. Does it matter if there 
>>>are a few small bumps in the finish? I am hesitant to sand it for fear 
>>>of damaging the coil. Also, how precise does the capacitance of the tank 
>>>circuit need to be? Ideally I'd like to use MMC caps but due to money 
>>>constraints, for the time being I think I'm going to go with a saltwater 
>>>bottle cap. But I'm not sure how to make a cap like this with the 
>>>precise capacitance I need. Also, I have no way of measuring 
>>>capacitance. Advice would be much appreciated on this.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Alan