Re: Salt Water Caps

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Original poster: "Gregory Hunter" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

I used a cluster of four, 750ml wine bottles for a
measured .0066uF in a 15kv/30ma NST coil many years
back. I used brine on the inside so concentrated there
was a bit of undissolved salt at the bottom of the
bottles. I used foil for the outside plates. They
provided adequate performance for my half-assed
attempt at a coil. They never failed in service, and I
ran the same four bottles for about 3 years until I
eventually dismantled the coil. You can see them at:

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg/junkbox1.htm

and

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg/bottom.htm

Cheers,

Greg

 >
 >  > Original poster: "Rich" <rdjmgmt-at-socket-dot-net>
 >  >
 >  > Well I started off with an oversize spark gap,
 > the 9 titanium tubes have
 >  > been set aside for the next coil and now have
 > tungsten rods as a single
 > gap
 >  > with a small fan for my first coil.
 >  >   Now to my cap. I was looking at some bottles I
 > have, they are heavy
 > clear
 >  > glass, 2 ½ liter in size, have heavy plastic
 > screw lids. They were for
 >  > nitric acid shipment. I have 12 of them total . I
 > know the set up would be
 >  > big but size is no problem in my workshop. I was
 > thinking about putting
 > the
 >  > bottles in a saltwater tub. I was wondering if
 > any one had tried working
 >  > with larger bottles.
 >  >
 >  > Rich