Re: Type I PVC (Grey) for high voltage use

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <xman604-at-ezwebtech-dot-com>

Dan,

If your worried about conductivity, try running some voltage thru it.

Dan

Tesla list wrote:

 > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
<Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com>
 >
 > In a message dated 4/28/03 5:58:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
 > tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
 > >1.  Are the grey PVC conduit tubes okay for tesla coiling?  I ask because
 > >since it is grey it might have a large concentration of carbon in it which
 > >is conductive.  I did acquire some 16"
 > >grey PVC tubes (about six feet long) which I was planning on using for a
 > >twin coil set-up, but as I was bringing them home thought about the carbon
 > >aspect to it.
 > >
 > >2.  Same question for the Type I PVC (grey) which i plan on using for the
 > >support structure for my marx generator.  Much cheaper than acrylic or
 > >polycarbonate and glues nicely.
 > >
 > >Thanks
 > >
 > >The Captain
 >
 > Hi captain,
 >
 > I've always had good results with gray PVC, as far as dielectric
 > qualities go. As a matter of fact, I use a piece of 1" gray elec-
 > trical PVC as an insulated handle to close the "hot" switch
 > contacts for my 10 kv, 10 kJ cap bank for can crushing and/
 > or coin shrinking.
 >
 > David Rieben