Re: Z-Machine Sparkage- Try this at home!!

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

Indeed.. I should have said "Saran(registered trademark) Brand" of
PolyVinylideneChloride (PVDC) film.  The very stuff you mention.  It's
strong and thin.  Actually, I would think that  thin polyethylene sheeting
works too (sold here for disposable painter's tarps), but when I did the
experiment, I had the box of Saran wrap handy.

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Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: Z-Machine Sparkage- Try this at home!!


 > Original poster: "Matthew Smith by way of Terry Fritz
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au>
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 >
 > Jim -
 >
 > >Creeping discharges along any thin layer are quite interesting.  I've
tried
 > >saran wrap, driven from 20kV and 14 uF and it's truly amazing....
 >
 > Just for the record, what is saran wrap?  Is this (my guess) a US brand of
 > "cling wrap"?
 >
 > Cheers
 >
 > M
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