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RE: [TCML] Primary Support Materials



> Secondly, PVC has a nasty tendency to carbon track when it breaks down, so
> in the event that you have a primary arc-over you will almost
> surely have to replace the damaged support.


For a graphic example of carbon tracking on PVC, here's what happened to one
of the PVC insulators on my 166.5 KHz transmitting antenna on a foggy
morning...

http://w5jgv.com/2005_0214_antenna_fire/2005_0214-antenna_fire.htm

73,

Ralph  W5JGV - WD2XSH/7

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