Re: non-polar electrolytic cap

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• Subject: Re: non-polar electrolytic cap
• From: "D.C. Cox" <DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 15:04:47 -0700
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

to: Paul

No.  (1) Electryolytic designs are not good for high frequency voltage
reversals, (2) most designed for 60 Hz applications and the high frequency
will "creep" across the dielectric and cause rapid breakdown.  Best to use
a pulse type cap with extended foil construction and low inductance.  

DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net


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> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
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> Subject: non-polar electrolytic cap
> Date: Sunday, October 25, 1998 1:04 PM
> 
> Original Poster: "Paul R. Eitson" <xyme2-at-earthlink-dot-net> 
> 
>    Would a non polar electrolytic cap be satisfactory for a DC Tesla
> coil?
> 

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