Homemade paper capacitors...

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Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com> 

I made a paper capacitor here:

<http://www.hydrogen18-dot-com/articles/oilpaper_cap/>http://www.hydrogen18-dot-com/articles/oilpaper_cap/

and impregnated it with 10w-30 motor oil. I get a capacitance reading of 
0.093 uF. Does this seem reasonable? I have about 12 feet of dielectric in 
there which when rolled appears to be 24 ft by 2 inches wide. Also, does 
anyone have any ideas about voltage rating? I dont have a wide range of 
voltages available and have been unable to get a flyback to work... Thanks 
for any help you can provide.

---Eric