Re: salt water cap?

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Original poster: "Mark Broker by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mbroker-at-thegeekgroup-dot-org>

Alex, take a look at http://www.thegeekgroup-dot-org/projects/bucketcap/ for 
some design and construction ideas.  Also, water will only hold so much 
salt in solution - the extra settles on the bottom.  This isn't a bad 
thing, tho!

Good luck

Mark Broker
Chief Engineer, The Geek Group

On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 22:09:44 -0600, Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:

>Original poster: "TheCrazzyman by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <TheCrazzyman-at-attbi-dot-com>
>
>ok im goan be making some salt water caps and i have some questions.
>
>first
>the rod that goes down into the salt water needs to be how long?
>
>second
>how salty should i make the water? i was planing to make it almost a gel 
>or a goo.
>
>third
>what oil do i use to cover the top? motor oil?
>
>forth
>and when i hook them up do i just, connect all the tops to one lead. and 
>all the bottems/sides to the other lead?
>
>
>Thank You
>Alex Snell
>California bay area
>
>