Re: fiberglass safe?

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Probably ok.. but most commercial plastics dealers can come up with a mfr
data sheet, which will almost always have a dielectric breakdown spec.

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Subject: fiberglass safe?


 > Original poster: Ian Macky <ian.macky-at-oracle-dot-com>
 >
 > My local TAP Plastics sells white fiberglass round rods, 1/2" to 1"
 > diameter, 6' or so, at a nice price.  Without knowing the specific
 > composition, would these generally be safe to make 'hot sticks' out
 > of?  Is most/all fiberglass "safe" for this sort of use?  I need to
 > discharge caps (and want to draw arcs).    --ian
 >
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