[TCML] Capacitor calculator?

[Quarkster]

Paul -

Two questions:
1.What benefit is obtained  by sealing the aluminum soft-drink can so it is 
airtight?

2. How do you make a reliable electrical connection from your tank circuit 
to the aluminum can?

Regards,
Herr Zapp
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PAUL THOMPSON" <mrapol at verizon.net>
To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla at pupman.com>
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 3:16 AM
Subject: Re: [TCML] Capacitor calculator?


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "chuck" <asimov at twcny.rr.com>
> To: "'Tesla Coil Mailing List'" <tesla at pupman.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 4:40 PM
> Subject: RE: [TCML] Capacitor calculator?
>
>
>
> "An empty, sealed, inverted aluminum soda can will not quite fit in the
> canister; you have to warm the plastic with a hair dryer before you can 
> push
> the can in. (You also have to
> make a small hole in the bottom of the canister to let the air out. This
> hole you later plug with silicone caulk)."
>
> Why not just make a hole in the bottom of the soda can? The air can escape
> and you won't have to seal it. Just sayin' . . .
>
> Reply:
>
> I seal the can's pop-top with metal tape, so the can is an airtight unit. 
> I'd have to pierce the can twice (top and bottom) to allow the air trapped 
> inside the lemonade canister to escape. That would work, but it seems 
> easier and neater to poke one small hole in the bottom of the plastic 
> canister.
>
>
> PBT
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Tesla mailing list
> Tesla at pupman.com
> http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla
> _______________________________________________
> Tesla mailing list
> Tesla at pupman.com
> http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla