Re: water filled tubing primary?

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Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <davep-at-quik-dot-com>

> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Beans45601-at-aol-dot-com>
 
> Could you (in theory) use water filled (lets say, 1/4 inch)

> tubing for your primary?

	Sure.
	However:
		Why?
		What advantage?
		or
		What problem is being solved.

	(if heating:
		1) Heating of primaries, at most practical
		powers is not an issue.
		2) Simply filling the tubing with water
		will not cool them: the water would need
		to be piped OUT of the primary to an
		external heat exchanger.  Doable, with
		rubber/plastic plumbing, however there is
		not (generally) a problem with heating.)

> I was thinking that you could fill the tubing, cap it off,

> then use needles to puncture the tubing to get to the water

> and thats how you would tap it and charge it.

	To what purpose?

> I know this has lots of flaws in the idea, but, could it be
> done?

	Sure.  However cf above.
	(Its been discussed at least once, years back, may be
	in the archives.)

	(other comments re water & HV are apt, however, if
	_inside_ the primary, would not be exposed to HV.
	I've mentioned that my power comes, in part, from
	an HVDC link.  To cool and insulate the
	semiconductor stacks (up to 1,000,000 VDC), they
	use a high tech, environmentally friendly,
	recyclable fluid:  99.999+ pure water....)
-- 
	best
	dwp

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