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Re: Air Caps



Original poster: "Allanh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <allanh-at-starband-dot-net>

Not a bad idea but given the value of capicitance needed
and the voltage rating required for TC's, I figure you will need a pair of
plates about 4 acres.

allan

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From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
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Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: Air Caps


> Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
>
> Hi Cory,
>
> Usually the capacitance value of air caps (few hundred pF)is too small to
> be useful.  Some people put them in oil to increase the value and add
> dielectric stength.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Terry
>
> At 07:57 PM 2/14/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> >Hello all,
> >
> >Anyone here tried using air caps for their TC?  a
> >pretty big one would be needed for a large tesla coil
> >but hey other than that it sounds like a good
> >thing........ i dunno just wondering, i saw somone's
> >site who had them on theirs and was jw about their
> >effectiveness....
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >Cory Roussel
> >
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