Not shooting for anything gloriuous, but...

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• Subject: Not shooting for anything gloriuous, but...
• From: "Yuri Markov" <wmondale-at-hotmail-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 19:05:21 -0600
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

Please bear in mind as you read this message that I am not attempting 
to build a solid-state coil. The primary is unmeasured and hand 
shaped. The secondary is wound on a wrapping paper tube. I am not 
looking for help abot that - I know perfectly well that it is silly. 
However, I need some help regarding the capacitor. I plan to use 
something of the salt water type. If I put water in a two liter soda 
bottle and dissolve ordinary table salt (lots of it) until it stops 
dissolving, then wrap the outside with aluminum foil, will it worr? 
Should I use several in series? In parrelell? Please help.

By the way - when a capacitor is measure in farads, what exactly does 
the number mean? I understand that it is coulumbs(forgive the 
spelling) per volt, but what does that mean, practically? What is the 
difference, say, between 0.002 uF and 25 uF? Any clarifying comment 
would help. Thanks.

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