Re: failed cap

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz> 

On 1 Dec 2003, at 23:28, Tesla list wrote:

 > Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net>
 >
 > Has anyone tried to use two or three layers of thinner PE dialectric
 > between plates to allow statistics (of having the defects of those
 > multilayer sheets line up at a common point) to improve the
 > reliability of the home made cap.
 >
 > Gerry R
 > Ft Collins, CO

I successfully used this technique in all the rolled caps I ever
built. None failed the initial peak voltage test. I never used a
single layer of dielectric.

Malcolm