Re: [TCML] Caps

[jhowson4@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Maybe I just got lucky to have it not go up in a puff of smoke.
But with my ability to get stuff for free (like huge rolles of poly and mineral oil.)  
PECO has been suprisingly supportive and generous.  (just don't try and get any thing potentially dangerous from them. I tried to get an old potential transformer once but no I might get hurt and sue them) stupid lawyers ruining it for everybody.(no offence if any one here is actually a lawyer)

Making them my self fit my poor high schooler budget.  After college I probably won't make them anymore.

jay
-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: CONOR WHYTE <cjwhyte@xxxxxxx> 

> Like my experience.. They do? 
> Jay, I think the days of oil caps is pretty numbered unless you have a clean 
> room and access to high quality PE. Most people don't. 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: G Hunter 
> Date: Thursday, August 21, 2008 7:30 am 
> Subject: Re: [TCML] Caps 
> To: Tesla Coil Mailing List 
> 
> > Jay, 
> > 
> > Homemade rolled poly caps that actually work? Cool! 
> > Care to share your cap "recipe"? I might not ever actually 
> > roll any, but I'd still like to see a design that worked 
> > properly and held up in TC service, just out of curiosity. 
> > 
> > Cheers, 
> > 
> > Greg 
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Tue, 8/19/08, jhowson4@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> > wrote: 
> > 
> > > From: jhowson4@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> > > Subject: Re: [TCML] Caps 
> > > To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" 
> > > Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 10:39 PM 
> > > I think that every one here has a different idea of what 
> > > type of cap is the best. 
> > > I personally like to roll my own.(That way when it fails I 
> > > know that it was my own dumb fault.) Thankfully I have 
> > > never had one fail for any of my coils. The other reason 
> > > that I like to make my own caps is that I can set my 
> > > specifications. 
> > > The last cap I made was designed for .0095uf and it was 
> > > practically perfect, the coil tuned within inches of where 
> > > java tc said it would. score.=) 
> > > jay howson 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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