Re: CD capacitor

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Robynsaddiction-at-aol-dot-com>

Justin, 

      I had thought of this same thing just a few months ago. 
It seems like it would work perfect, because who wouldn't want to get our of 
all of that foil and plastic cutting when making a capacitor? However, after 
some inspection I realized that the "foil" on the CD was not really aluminum 
foil at all. Instead, I think it is some sort of plastic, because it does not 
seem to be conductive. I used the continuity checker on my meter, and it 
showed the plastic foil to be no good for this:^( 
Yet, I hope that the meter was broken, and that someone has found some better 
results. Anyhow, take care, and be safe. 

                                                      In Friendship, Rick 
Harris