RE: Ebay caps

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Original poster: "Loudner, Godfrey by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gloudner-at-SINTE.EDU>

Hi Jack

You are correct about what I called transmission line caps. When I was a
kid, I had maybe 10 such caps. They had big terminals, but I don't recall
them as being very heavy. I kept them around mainly for show.

Godfrey Loudner

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> Sent:	Thursday, June 14, 2001 7:46 PM
> To:	tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject:	Re: Ebay caps
> 
> Original poster: "Jake Draper by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <cybermecium2-at-home-dot-com>
> 
> Are trasmission line caps those sqaure boxes you see once in a while on
> top of
> power poles? There are usually about 3-6 of them and sometimes they are
> with
> TINY "Pole Piglets" Are these what transmission caps are?
>  
> -------Original Message-------
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> From: <mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>Tesla list
> Date: Thursday, June 14, 2001 07:49:06 AM
> To: <mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Ebay caps
>  
> Original poster: "Loudner, Godfrey by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <gloudner-at-SINTE.EDU>
> 
> Hi David
> 
> You can find a good deal on caps at
> http://www.teslasystems-dot-com/indexMain.html . Go to products and scroll to
> the end. These are used Maxwell caps in good condition. Prices are much
> better than the final prices for Maxwell caps on ebay. When I was a kid, I
> tried using transmission line caps in a tank circuit. I got a good
> discharge
> at the spark gap, but nothing from the top of my tesla coil. My knowledge
> of
> cap sizing in those days amounted to nothing---it was all trail and error.
> 
> 
> Godfrey Loudner
> 
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