Re: Has this been tried?

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hard to think they use UHMW for that..  But PE is so cheap.... Why not 
;-))   But if dissipation factor is a big deal, we need 
polypropylene...  Not Polyethylene.....

Cheers,

         Terry



At 08:35 PM 7/3/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>They are probably just great for this application... If they're sort of waxy
>and soft, they're UHMW polyethylene (that's Ultra High Molecular Weight)...
>UHMW is the "poor mans's teflon", a great dielectric.
>
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>
> > Original poster: "Christopher \"CajunCoiler\" Mayeux by way of Terry Fritz
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <cajuncoiler-at-cox-dot-net>
> >
> > While at the local Wal-Mart, I noticed a variety
> > of white plastic cutting boards for cheap, and I
> > pondered if anyone has tested these for thier
> > insulative properties against high voltage. It's
> > a hard plastic, and would probably make a good
> > perf board for an MMC or a "Terry Filter" if it
> > were suitable.  Has anyone tried these yet?
> >
> >