Re: sw caps

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Original poster: "maykrug by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mf31-at-qwest-dot-net>

shows you how much i know, confusion begets confusion and i just over 
complicated the matter.
oh well, guess i understand some of the math a little better, now just when 
to use it.
thanks for the link, nice touch on the sw caps.

dan
At 03:59 PM 11/18/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz 
><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
>Hi Nameless Person,
>
>I found your post somewhat puzzling. If you want
>.005uF, a 6-pack of 12oz beer or wine cooler bottles
>will achieve that close enough for hobby work. I've
>had pretty good success with sw caps. Check out my sw
>cap collection sometime at:
>
>http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Greg
>
>--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> > Original poster: "maykrug by way of Terry Fritz
> > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mf31-at-qwest-dot-net>
> >
> > alright, here is what i did.
> >
> > i took the the value of one sw cap = .0125uf x .87,
> > assuming the #'s would
> > work so predictably
> > by merely removing one bottle from the 12 pack.
> > times 2 in series
> > reciprocal, = .00544
> > which is close to what i'm looking for.
> > first of all can that work, or am i just being
> > silly.
> > second, i've gotten the idea these caps aren't
> > especially efficient, in
> > which case, would you want
> > a higher value cap.
> >
> > (the cap value was aquired from the geek group
> > website. no, it hasn't been
> > constructed yet,
> > and i will likely go with an mmc. and, yes i am new
> > to this( just in case
> > you had any question).
> >
> >
> >
>