Testing Caps

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• Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 19:20:51 -0600
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From: 	Matthew Mills[SMTP:megavolt-at-usa-dot-net]
Reply To: 	megavolt-at-usa-dot-net
Sent: 	Wednesday, November 26, 1997 1:01 PM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Testing Caps

Hi, I'm still in the process of building my first coil.  I have aquired
2x 15kv 30ma neons and am starting off with saltcaps and vertically
stacked caps, my question is,
Is there a way to see how well the caps work without having them
connected to a coil? (I have wound a secondary but have no primary coil
yet.)

I have got a 15inch high by 10 inch round lidded polyethylene tub which
I am using to test individual salt water capacitor bottles

The bottles I am testing at the moment are 1/2 gallon chemical bottles.
The straight side is 7 inches high, they are 6 inches in diameter and
the glass is 3.5mm thick (approx 1/8inch)
now I tried working out the expected capacitance on paper (very hard)
with no calculator and got around .0017µF which seems low. So 6 bottles
would be .0102µF

Am I right?

Im wanting to see how well these work without frying my neons.

Thanks,

Matt.

PS I havent got a Capacitance meter or a multimeter yet (blew the last
one)

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