Re: Plastic capacitors for TC tank

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Original poster: brent meyer <res095fx-at-verizon-dot-net> 

Meh, I have the worthless red ones...  Its been said that consistency is the
ultimate acheivement in any endeavor, does that count if the results are
consistently bad?  Oh well.  I guess I'll save them for that 30KV DC supply
I need for my Farnsworth IECF Fusor...

 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:49:21 -0700
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: RE: Plastic capacitors for TC tank
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 > Resent-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 16:14:25 -0700
 >
 > Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <gary.lau-at-hp-dot-com>
 >
 > If they're glass cased and oil filled, it sounds like they are glass-mike
 > (sp?) caps, which are Mylar, not polypropylene, and not suitable.  Are you
 > certain they are polypropylene?
 >
 > Gary Lau
 > MA, USA
 >
 > -----Original Message-----
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 > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:23 PM
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 > Subject: Plastic capacitors for TC tank
 >
 >
 > Original poster: brent meyer <res095fx-at-verizon-dot-net>
 >
 > I'm sure someone has probably gone over this in the past, but I was
 > wondering about the effectiveness of some new caps I just picked up.  I have
 > about 20 of these .25uF -at- 3KV oil filled polypropylene caps, manufactured by
 > Plastic Capacitors Inc; and was thinking of using them in a MMC
 > configuration for my Magnifier.  Very nice glass cased caps, quite expensive
 > purchased new as I recall.
 >
 > I can't see any reason why not, though I thought the same of the DC doorknob
 > capsS
 >
 >