Re: SIlly idea

["Christopher Boden" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

There's someone out there with a massive setup using caps made from 
something like 3 blue 55-gal drums though I can't remember the site.

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>Original poster: "sundog" <sundog-at-timeship-dot-net>
>
>     Hi all!  Just a dumb-silly idea....A capacitor is 2 conductors
>separated by an insulator.  Right-o.  What if I took a small TC
>(maybe 8" winding length).  Got a 55 gallon HDPE trash can, and
>applied AL foil to the outside and inside (a 55 gallon Leyden jar),
>and used a xmission line from the TC to charge it.  Think it'd do
>anything at all?  I'm gonna try it anyway, but just wanted to hear
>thae assorted snickers from everybody ;)  Since *i* have no idea
>what it'll do (guessing nothing impressive), whatever it *does* do
>will be interesting :)  Gotta run, itchin' to give that a try now.
>Lemme know what you think of this "random act of silliness"
>
>And yep, i'm keepin' it safe!
>
>Sundog
>
>
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