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FW: "BEVERAGE" BOTTLE CAPS
From: Adam[SMTP:absmith@tiac.net]
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 1997 1:09 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: "BEVERAGE" BOTTLE CAPS
>I think they are made of PET (polyethylene terephalate)(sp?). I don't have
>dielectric
>properties of PET handy.
Yes, that is right, and for AC use, PET is a loser. It is a polyester
and it does have a very high dielectric strength, but in Tesla service it
behaves very similarly to mylar (it gets hot, melts and BANG!). Plastic
Coke bottle caps are fine for DC however.
-Adam
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