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call it a stupid idea...but whatever,

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Inducktion
Fri Jul 22 2011, 03:28AM Print
Inducktion Registered Member #3637 Joined: Fri Jan 21 2011, 11:07PM
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My dad recently got this wasp spray stuff....

It said for some reason on the can (probably if wasps tried to make a nest near a power line?) that the dielectric breakdown of the compound was around 41 kv...

I just had an idea, why not soak paper/or create a small chamber of it (let the volatile stuff evaporate?) and use it to make capacitors?

...
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Dr. ISOTOP
Fri Jul 22 2011, 03:31AM
Dr. ISOTOP Registered Member #2919 Joined: Fri Jun 11 2010, 06:30PM
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41 kv per what? mil? mm?
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Inducktion
Fri Jul 22 2011, 04:43AM
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I don't know; I'll have to check tomorrow.
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magnet18
Fri Jul 22 2011, 04:55AM
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it's flammable, is it not?
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Mads Barnkob
Fri Jul 22 2011, 05:06AM
Mads Barnkob Registered Member #1403 Joined: Tue Mar 18 2008, 06:05PM
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41 kV breakdown on a spray suggests that this rating is for the "cone" of spray coming from it.
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Chip Fixes
Fri Jul 22 2011, 05:41AM
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magnet18 wrote ...

it's flammable, is it not?

I doubt it, it's usually only flammable when it's in the can because of the propellant. Although I could be wrong
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Inducktion
Fri Jul 22 2011, 05:43PM
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Link2

That's all the label tells me.
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magnet18
Fri Jul 22 2011, 06:15PM
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Well, spray some in a bowl and see if it is flammable.
If not, set something up with a flyback or something and see what happens.
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vk2fro
Fri Jul 22 2011, 07:27PM
vk2fro Registered Member #3930 Joined: Sun Jun 05 2011, 07:27PM
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You'll usually find that some of the flammable propellant remains with the expelled "goods" from the can. Thats why as kids many of us used a hair spray or insect spray can to make a flame thrower of sorts.

Spraying most (except those compressed "air duster" cans) on the ground results in a residue that burns quite readily.
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Forty
Fri Jul 22 2011, 08:50PM
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as an added bonus, you won't have to worry about hornets nesting in your transformer
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