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Re: Home brew capacitor



Bert Hickman wrote....

> Also, I think Perspex is the same thing as Plexiglas (Polymethyl
> Methacrylate - PMMA). My plastics supplier's chemical resistance tables
> indicate that PMMA is slowly attacked by transformer or mineral oil,
> which is why I opted to use PVC seperator plates instead. However, I've
> never heard of any coilers having oil leakage failures when using
> Plexiglas top plates on the rolled caps...

Ouch! I've got my plate cap in a perspex container. So far it seems 
OK with transformer oil but I'll keep an eye on it. Thanks for the 
warning.

Malcolm

PS - Welcome back Ian.