Re: Beer Bottles

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

I'd venture to say they are the usual 5 gallon white polyethylene
buckets/pails.  All manner of things are sold in them: paint, food (for
commercial use in large volumes..), oil, etc.  Nice tight fitting lid etc.


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Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 6:54 PM
Subject: Beer Bottles


> Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
>
> Hi
>
> I was interested to see the post suggesting the use of copper sulphate
> in the electrolyte of an SW cap; sounds good - copper is hardly going to
> attack copper!
>
> Now for two questions:
>
> Having never seen a US beer bottle - what colour are they?  I have an
> enviable ( although not by my wife ;-) ) collection of long-neck West
> End Draught bottles (a South Australian brewery) which I was going to
> use for a cap or two; they are brown.  I have read comments against
> using green glass, so is brown OK or do I need clear?
>
> Next question, and I know that it's a "how long is a piece of string"
> due to dielectric constants and the like, but what is the maximum
> (sensible) voltage on which a beer bottle could operate (without
> stringing in series).
>
> Sorry - that should have been three questions: from whence come the
> buckets that are employed in the Geek bucket caps?  I've never seen a
> bucket in a shop which a) has parallel sides and b) has a lid.  Are
> these buckets in which some product is supplied?
>
> Cheers
>
> Matthew Smith
>
>