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CAPACITOR??




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From:  davmckin [SMTP:davmckin@ix.netcom.com]
Sent:  Sunday, February 01, 1998 4:39 AM
To:  Tesla List
Subject:  Re: CAPACITOR??



Tesla List wrote:

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> From:  Zuma [SMTP:mwise@ns.sosis.com]
> Sent:  Wednesday, January 28, 1998 8:26 PM
> To:  tesla@pupman.com
> Subject:  CAPACITOR??
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> How well will a mineral oil capacitor hold up with .25 inch spacing
> between plates? Also, how lossy is mineral oil? I figure that at
> 200v/mil it should have a rating of around 50kv. I have figured it and
> I can make one of these for no more than i would say 40 dollars.
> Would this even be worth it.
>
> I would make a poly plate cap, but the size of the plates are not very
> big(5"x7" precut flashing) using  6mil poly with a total of about 48mil
> between plates x2 equals a lot of time and lots of cutting.
>
> Thanks
> Chris


Dear Chris & all,

I would recommend cutting back to around 25 kV / inch or even a
little bit less (say 20 kV / in.) for Tesla Coil purposes for the necessary

clearances required in Mineral Oil and Transformer Oil.

David L. McKinnon
High Voltage / Transformer Engineer

E-mail:  DavMcKin@ix.netcom.com