Re: Has this been tried?

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

Well... maybe it's HMW or MMW, not UH....
But PE, nonetheless...
PE has fairly low dissipation factor


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Subject: Re: Has this been tried?


 > 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.
 > >
 > >----- Original Message -----
 > >From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > >To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > >Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 7:17 PM
 > >Subject: Has this been tried?
 > >
 > >
 > > > 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?
 > > >
 > > >
 >
 >