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Re: Overhead Transperency Cap



Original poster: robert & june heidlebaugh <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com> 

It is very important that the insulation tickness be thick enough to
withstand the voltage and the insulation size be enough larger than the
conductor to prevent the voltage sparking around the edges.
-- Robert   H


 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 23:10:20 -0700
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Re: Overhead Transperency Cap
 > Resent-From: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Resent-Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 23:14:44 -0700
 >
 > Original poster: "margaret louise" <tullera-at-optusnet-dot-com.au>
 >
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
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 > To: <mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 1:42 AM
 > Subject: Re: Overhead Transperency Cap
 >
 > Original poster: Jan Wagner <<mailto:jwagner-at-cc.hut.fi>jwagner-at-cc.hut.fi>
 >
 > Hi,
 >
 > On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Tesla list wrote:
 >> I am considering building an A4 sized plate stack cap using overhead
 >> transperency shhets as a dielectric.
 >> Has anyone had any luck/ exeperience with these...or even what theyre made
 >> of.
 >
 > Before starting with SSTCs I once built a couple of caps like that i.e.
 > for traditional spark gap coils. One A5 cap and some A4 caps. What the
 > transparency sheets are actually made of, no idea. It varies a lot from
 > manufacturer to manufacturer and can be a mixture of different polymers -
 > polyethylene, acrylics, acetates, and others.
 >
 > But the transparency sheets certainly do work! The performance is quite
 > acceptable. You can see some capacitor info at
 >
 > 
<http://www.hut.fi/~jwagner/tesla/tc-small.htm>http://www.hut.fi/~jwagner/tesl
 > a/tc-small.htm
 >
 > Hi again>> just on a side note, looking at your site. how did you manage to
 > controll the outpu..as you mention low power and full power........
 >
 > thanks
 >
 >
 >