RE: HV Wire - electrical tape?

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>


No, not entirely correct.  High voltage will do anything it can to find a
path between two potentials.
For example, the smallest microscopic hole in say 1 inch PVC will yield a
weak point where arcing through it
can occur.

If you just wrap layers and layers together, you may end up with lots of
these weak points (paths).
You really need a continous sleeve, not some half-mummy looking insulation
around your wire.

Dan





  >     On the topic of cheap HV wire, what about wrapping any guage of wire
  > with electrical tape?  Even though it's UL listed for only 600V, aren't
the
  > ratings much higher? I've seen some for 10,000 V I believe...
  >     Put a few layers of that on there and you could have some 30, 40, 50
kV
  > wire, right?
  >
  > Jonathon Reinhart
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