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Re: Homemade paper capacitors...



Original poster: "pjj" <tha3rdman-at-comcast-dot-net> 

A note about your 2 stroke oil test. 2 stroke oil has tons of contaminates
namely ash. I don't think it's be a good choice in any type of dialectic.

Paul

P.S. on top of that when you roll a paper cap doesn't it have to be vacuumed
down to pull the air out from between the sheets?


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Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 10:08 PM
Subject: Homemade paper capacitors...


 > Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com>
 >
 > I made a paper capacitor here:
 >
 >
<http://www.hydrogen18-dot-com/articles/oilpaper_cap/>http://www.hydrogen18-dot-com/
articles/oilpaper_cap/
 >
 > and impregnated it with 10w-30 motor oil. I get a capacitance reading of
 > 0.093 uF. Does this seem reasonable? I have about 12 feet of dielectric in
 > there which when rolled appears to be 24 ft by 2 inches wide. Also, does
 > anyone have any ideas about voltage rating? I dont have a wide range of
 > voltages available and have been unable to get a flyback to work... Thanks
 > for any help you can provide.
 >
 > ---Eric
 >
 >
 >
 >