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Plastic Bottle SW caps ?
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To: "'Tesla List'" <tesla@pupman.com>
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Subject: Plastic Bottle SW caps ?
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From: Tesla List <tesla@stic.net>
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Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 23:28:23 -0500
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From: Stan Harle [SMTP:lazer@earth.wazoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 9:55 AM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: Plastic Bottle SW caps ?
On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Tesla List wrote:
> I have made a SW cap from a 2 liter plastic soda bottle, measuring
> about 2.4 nF. Never used plastic bottles before, and have not electrically
> stressed this 'un yet. Anybody got any experience / wisdom here ?
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> To recoup, am using 15kv 30 ma NST for now, looking for more power
> and better caps later, because I want to drive a 9 in x 70 in secondary.
> Will the plastic bottle stand a NST ?
I've made 'em. At 15kV, you'll get little usage unless you stack
a few of them. A single bottle will pop pretty quick and start dribbling
salt water all over the place. You may be able to stack a few of them to
avoid this, I never tried it. I also tried using polyethelene buckets,
without much better results.
Stan Harle
Alamogordo, NM