Re: Capacitor dielectric voltage rating

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Original poster: "david baehr" <dfb25@xxxxxxxxxxx>


for Tesla  service , maybe 200v per mil  ???    There was info a long 
time ago about Bill Richards , ( TCBOR ) ,he built a large cap in a 5 
gal bucket using freezer bags, it worked very well, but was pretty 
labor intense ( ? ) ,...


From:  "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To:  tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject:  Re: Capacitor dielectric voltage rating
Date:  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:33:48 -0600
>Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>PE can rate from 450V/mil to 1200V/mil. How pure (absence of
>contaminants) PE is will determine it's puncture voltage. It's hard
>to know just buying PE roll stock. It's best to test it. If you have
>a means of varying the voltage on a hv supply (such as a variac),
>you can then do the test yourself. Take several samples along the
>roll and get a decent average of "that rolls" puncture voltage.
>Also, the dielectric constant of PE is 2.2 to 2.3.
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>This is really the only way to be sure. Anything else is a guess and
>may not apply to the PE you purchase.
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>Take care,
>Bart
>
>Tesla list wrote:
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>>Original poster: jhowson4@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>Hey guys how many volts can 4 mil of polyethylene withstand.   I am
>>making a cap and am trying to figure out how thick I need the
>>dielectric to be.  I have 4 mil sheets.
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>>Many Thanks
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