Re: nitrogol caps

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Original poster: "colin.heath4 by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <colin.heath4-at-ntlworld-dot-com>

thanks malcolm i'll give them a miss then
colin
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Subject: Re: nitrogol caps


> Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>
>
> Hi Colin,
>
> On 11 Mar 2002, at 11:59, Tesla list wrote:
>
> > Original poster: "colin.heath4 by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <colin.heath4-at-ntlworld-dot-com>
> >
> > hi all
> >         anybody know if nitrogol caps are any good for tesla coiling or
> > visconol in the case of plesey i have been offered a couple and dont
know
> > weather to buy them or not at £15 for a 10kv 50nf .05uf
> > any help will be much appreciated
> > colin heath
>
> Both nitrogol and visconol are harmless oils (i.e. NOT PCBs) but the
> caps are probably useless for coiling. I started my serious coiling
> days using both and the caps were designed for smoothing a
> transmitter power supply. ESR and intrinsic inductance were pretty
> high and the internal wires were far too thin to sustain a real
> beating at typical tank currents.
>
> Regards,
> malcolm
>
>
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