Re: Glassless Saltwater Caps

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• Subject: Re: Glassless Saltwater Caps
• From: Brandywine <brandywine-at-writeme-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 05:08:20 -0700
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

Mike,
   The shock was not that hdpe outperformed glass, but that hdpe salt-water
caps
were nearly as good as State-of-the-Art Condenser Products units, at least
with my
experiments. Of course, plastic salts are huge. I built a special dolly to
carry
my 8-cap, .025 ufd bank.
    At this point, I'm prepared to say that, if cash is a problem, forget the
commercial jobs, build a bank of plastic-salt caps. Put your Tesla funds
into gaps
and pigs, etc.
    Bulky, messy, but wow!
    Teflon bottles. No laughing matter. Report your results post-haste
Dave Hartwick

Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com
>
> In a message dated 2/2/99 12:17:55 AM Mountain Standard Time,
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> writes:
>
> >    Still, I thought the results I obtained were worth reporting.
> >     I believe Richard Quick is aware of my plastic salt caps, so this
> >  info may already be out there somewhere. Also, I've got to think that
> >  I'm not the only one who has tried other than glass dialectics in
> >  saltwater capacitors.
> >  Dave
> >  [I invented the slinky toroid]
> >
> Dave,
>    Your results come as no surprise to me.  You used a much better
dielectric
> than glass, which is what most use in the salt water caps(which is the
reason
> they usually perform so poorly).   I was thinking of trying out some 1 liter
> telfon(FEP) bottles I have, just for laughs some day.
> Mike

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