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Re: Re: Re: Reducing Self Resonance In Rolled Caps

On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 Tesla List  wrote:
> Original Poster: "Malcolm Watts" <malcolm.watts@wnp.ac.nz> 
> 
> Hi Ruud,
>               I think the recipe for a bullet-proof home-rolled cap is well 
> established:
> 
> > Original Poster: "DaxisWeb user" <""@mail.daxis.nl> 
> > Ok, ok, I'am convinced. But it's difficult (for me) to ignore the
> > tremendous supply off plastic for free or very cheap. Could the extended
> > rolled cap design be improved by applying silicon to reduce creep arcing
> > over the plates?
> 
> Use as many caps in series as it takes to get peak volts/cap down to 
> several thousand, thoroughly impregnate them with oil and run them 
> in oil etc. etc.  Applying silicon seems to me to just be extending the 
> plastic a little further.
> 
> Regards,
> Malcolm
> 
Hi Malcolm,

I ment between the plates, to fill up the air as much as possible.
Like this:

   Si PE PE PE PE PE PE PE PE PE Si
Al Al Al Al Al Al Al Al Al Si Si Si
   Si PE PE PE PE PE PE PE PE PE Si
   Si Si Si Al Al Al Al Al Al Al Al Al 
   Si PE PE PE PE PE PE PE PE PE Si

Ruud