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Re: Secondary wire & insulation



Subject:  Re: Secondary wire & insulation
  Date:   Tue, 10 Jun 1997 23:58:17 -0400 (EDT)
  From:  richard hull <rhull-at-richmond.infi-dot-net>
    To: tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>


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>It's possible the wire I got has inferior insulation, it was all 
>purchased fro the same surplus dealer. The insulation is a clear 
>honey color and I've done a brekdown test on the #20 gauge wire and 
>it only tolerates about 150 volts. By contrast I have a spool of #26 
>formovar insulated wire that I tested and it held to just over 900 
>volts!

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>                               Sincerely
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>                           Alfred A. Skrocki
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>I have some 18 gauge super polythermalize which when placed touching
requires over 4KVDC to break over!  Good stuff and used on my old
Nemesis
system.

R. Hull