Re: Whatizit??

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Original poster: "John Williams by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <jwilliams-at-edm-dot-net>

Scott:
	To me it looks like some kind of high voltage capacitor.
What did you use to check for capacitance?  The capacitance value
could be very low.  It might be outside of the range of the device
you used to determine if it was a capacitor.
	I don't believe it is a feed through.  One end has a connector
designed for very high voltage and the other has a simple wire
with simple connector as though one end is ment to be
attatched to a ground.  Someone mentioned that the flanges look
as though the holes are the same and that there may have been
a toroid on both ends at one time.  If  so, and both ends were ment
for a high voltage connection, why are the connection points
different?
	It doesn't appear to be a connection terminal for a transformer
or a large oil filled capacitor either.
	I think it is a capacitor, and if your measureing device
is capable of measuring pico farads, it may be blown open.

	John


>Original poster: "BunnyKiller by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
><bigfoo39-at-telocity-dot-com>
>
>Hi All...
>
>I recieved some hi volt parts from Ebay and along with those parts was an
>object that i have no idea
>about. It looks as if it is made for hi voltage but the tests performed on
>it provided no info.
>
>It has no resistance between the 2 connect points, it doesnt register as a
>cap, and it also doesnt
>behaive as a diode. The only thing I can think of is that it may be some
>type of spark gap.
>
>It has a smallish toriod looking device on top with a 8/32 threaded post
>down inside the middle, the
>main case is glazed ceramic with a stainless steel mounting plate on the
>base. the bottom is slightly
>inset with a "wire" attached to the base. It looks like this thing is
>capable of holding off about
>25KV or so.
>
>I have placed 2 pics of it on my webpage...
>
>http://members.telocity-dot-com/~bigfoo39/
>
>http://members.telocity-dot-com/~bigfoo39/whatizit.html
>
>its listed on the tesla page at the bottom
>
>
>Scot D