Re: HV Wire - electrical tape?

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Original poster: "Harold Weiss by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com>

Hi All,

I do not think tape would work.  The first HV cap I built used 69KV splicing
tape.  The HV blew thru it like it wasn't there.  I think the voltage went
thru the gap of adhesive between the rubber-like tape.  The same would be
true of E-tape.

David E Weiss

 >     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
 > hot-streamer-dot-com/jonathon
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