I've got a question about making a capacitor. I'm thinking about using 2 sheets of alluminum foil and a few sheets of polyethylene (saran wrap) and then rolling it all up. My questions are:
1) Will this work, and if it does, what kind of voltage will I be able to charge it with?
2) How many sheets of the polyethylene should I use between sheets of aluminum foil, and will the number of sheets affect the maximum voltage?
I'm pretty sure I can get a high capacitance (almost limitless ammount of foil and saran wrap), but before I tried anything I figured I'd ask if anyone had any experience with this kind of thing.
Thanks in advance.
1) Will this work, and if it does, what kind of voltage will I be able to charge it with?
2) How many sheets of the polyethylene should I use between sheets of aluminum foil, and will the number of sheets affect the maximum voltage?
I'm pretty sure I can get a high capacitance (almost limitless ammount of foil and saran wrap), but before I tried anything I figured I'd ask if anyone had any experience with this kind of thing.
Thanks in advance.