Re: Stupid Capacitors!

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Original poster: "Luc by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ludev-at-videotron.ca>

Hi Marry, Neil,

The Geek have a nice design for salt water cap.

http://www.thegeekgroup-dot-org/Flash/how%20to/bucket%20caps.html

Cheers,

Luc Benard

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Neil Richardson by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <neil-at-opticalrealities-dot-com>
> 
> ok, get make some bottle caps, the thinner and taller the better, as they
> expose the best surfact area, pack as many into a container as you can, you
> may need lots, since most bottle caps are about 500-2000pF. You will need
> many by the sound of it.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
> Sent: 25 January 2002 15:16
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Stupid Capacitors!
> 
> Original poster: "Marry Krutsch by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <u236-at-earthlink-dot-net>
> 
> Hi everyone.
> 
>         Well, my MMC bank just failed catastrophicaly (burst into flames) for
> the 5th time, and my wooden primary form just carbon tracked.  I have
> about 5 min. total run time on my coil, so this is going to get
> expensive pretty soon!  All but one cap failed open circuit, so the lead
> to plate junctions must not be good enough.  I don't have enough $$$ for
> a Geek MMC, so I'll probably build a plate cap.  It's going to be big,
> since I need 0.1 uF.  I can get PE sheet rather cheaply.  Which is best,
> high or low density PE?  Any suggestions?
> 
> Now working feverishly,
>         Winston