[TCML] Coax Capacitor

[ctom at toast.net]

I tried something similar a few years ago with a coil of old high quality twinaxial computer networking cable and a OBIT. I think the core to shield insulator was teflon or something similar. It worked well, until inconsistencies in the cable's construction allowed pinholes to internally arc. It was neat to see random points in the wire catch on fire as it died. I never tried short lengths in series/parallel to distribute the voltage though.
Chris



------- Original Message -------
>From : Bob Wroblewski[mailto:bwroblewski at yahoo.com]
Sent : 11/23/2007 2:08:07 PM
To : tesla at pupman.com
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Subject : RE: Re: [TCML] Coax Capacitor

a rather silly question i suppose...
has anyone tryed coax as a tank capacitor, i think its 10 pF
per foot... it'd be good up untill about 15kv would it not?
as for inductance, its in the 10's of uH range. you could
buy a roll cut it into 1' lengths, solder to a pair of end
plates...
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