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Re: plastic bottle caps



Subject: 
        Re: plastic bottle caps
  Date: 
        Wed, 26 Mar 1997 21:22:14 -0500
  From: 
        "Robert W. Stephens" <rwstephens@headwaters.com>
    To: 
        Tesla List <tesla@pupman.com>


> Date:          Wed, 26 Mar 1997 00:37:09 -0600
> To:            tesla@poodle.pupman.com
> Subject:       plastic bottle caps
> From:          Tesla List <tesla@pupman.com>

> Subject: 
>         plastic bottle caps
>   Date: 
>         Wed, 26 Mar 1997 07:21:58 +0200
>   From: 
>         Kenneth Aaron <kennetha@geocities.com>
>     To: 
>         tesla@pupman.com
> 
> 
> Bottle capacitors can be built from glass bottles with a bolt
> down the middle.....
> Can a plastic bottle be used instead, I have these huge 2 litre 
> soft drinks bottles and was wondering if they are appropriate.
> 
> Second question, what does the oil that is placed on top of the
> salt water used for ?
> ----------------------------
> Kenneth Aaron 
> E-mail : kennetha@geocities.com
> http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/8736/
> ----------------------------
> 
> 
Kenneth,

I suspect the plastic bottles will not have sufficient breakdown 
voltage handling for a neon powered T.C.

The oil is used to prevent the water from evaporating and changing 
the value of the capacitor.

rwstephens