Re: SCIENCE FAIR BOTTLE CAPACITOR ECPERIMENT HELP!!!

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Original poster: Mark Broker <mbroker-at-thegeekgroup-dot-org> 

The Geek Group Bucket Cap will be a bit too large for your coil but should 
scale nicely for you.  4 to 6 bottles should be enough for a small coil 
like yours.

http://www.thegeekgroup-dot-org/projects/bucketcap

Testing different capacitors is a good project.  You could test a bottle 
cap, a home-made cap (rolled poly), and an MMC to test for differences in 
spark length and quality.

A TCBOR gap is much more difficult to build for a first gap than you 
need.  Simply two carriage bolts with adjustable spacing is ample for a 
small coil.  It's also simple and inexpensive.  Let your imagination work 
for you; don't be constrained to the "tried, true, and popular" styles.

Good luck!

Mark Broker
Chief Engineer, The Geek Group


On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 17:04:30 -0700, Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:

>Original poster: "Nightmare" <nightmare-at-bak.rr-dot-com> Hi, this is Ravi 
>again. I am gonna build a coil, i already have many plans and will be able 
>to, but i need some help with my experiment. For my science fair project 
>I'm doing What is the best liquid solution to use in a bottle capacitor 
>for a tesla coil? I need some help with it. Could you guys pitch in and 
>gimme some ideas on what i should do and how i should experiment and 
>test??? And some details on bottle capacitors? Also, what liquids should i 
>use??? Thanks a LOT in advance. I would REALLY be grateful if you guys 
>could help me out here. Thanks Again!
>
>Ravi