Re: CD's

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: CD's
• From: "Mike Harrison" <mike-at-whitewing.co.uk> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 05:53:38 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

On Mon, 22 May 2000 11:44:01 -0600, you wrote:

>Original Poster: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>
>
>Hi Bryan,
>
>	CD's have a layer of aluminum in them.  Since they are horizontal, there
>may be a chance the voltage would not flame up the CD but best to try it
>first before commiting it to the secondary.  I "think it might" work but
>there is a good chance the metal will burn up too....
>
>Cheers,
>
>	Terry
If there is any metal, it won't be there for long - the sharp edge
(due to thinness) will create corona streamers which will rapidly
vaporise it off. 
www-dot-netcomuk.co.uk/~wwl/cdzap.html 

But they do have a hole in the middle, and you probably want to seal
the secondary to reduce the risk of internal arcing. 

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