MOT insulation was Re: Pole Pig Construction

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>


> 2) Is this a good idea ? I have my doubts here. The primary is not made to
> accept this stress whereas the secondary is particularly near the outer
part
> which must hold back 2.2kv or so.

Hmm.. presumably, since it is a consumer piece of equipment, it would have
to pass a "hi pot" test between line and case.  I don't know what voltage
this would be (2 kV? 5kV?), but that would set some bound on the lowvoltage
(line) to core isolation.