Re: why use high voltage wire?

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

Well, there really is no need to use it unless you had to wire the thing up
in a very compact enclosure where components are very close to one-another.
Standard 600V electric wire will work just fine.  So, no you really don't
need to use high voltage wire if you space the wire properly.

The Captain


 > Why do people worry about using high voltage cable to hook up all their
 > components? I know it will stop arcing that would happen between wires,
but
 > if you are sure to keep the wires far apart, why would you need to use it?
 > Thanks
 > Adam
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