Re: Potting Diode Strings

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Gary.Lau-at-compaq-dot-com>
> 
> Why are folks even talking about potting diode strings?  Since each diode
> is only rated at 1kV, one doesn't need to take such extreme measures to
> keep 1kV from arcing to the next diode.
> 
> Gary Lau
> MA, USA

	Guess the potting might hold the stack together if you assembled it by
just soldering the lead wires directly together.  Some heat shrink
tubing would do that quite nicely.

Ed