Re: [TCML] Metal ARSG disk?

[Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>]

Would the belt have to be something special, or is an ordinary fan belt insulated enough for HV/HF?



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 From: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: [TCML] Metal ARSG disk?
 
On 1/7/12 4:38 PM, Gary Lau wrote:
> It would definitely be mechanically safer, but now you have the added
> challenge of insulating the now-hot disk from the motor shaft.  I'm not
> saying it can't be done, but should that insulation fail, it would be
> _BAD_.  But then, folks have done dumber stuff and lived to tell.
>

Belt driven with the rotary disk on a jackshaft makes insulation easier.

There's also schemes where the disk is grounded.
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