Re: Hv probe for lifter project (fwd)

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:01:14 -0600
From: Gomez Addams <gomez@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Hv probe for lifter project (fwd)


On Oct 21, 2004, at 10:46 PM, High Voltage list wrote:

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> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 19:45:59 -0500
> From: Adam Britt <Beans45601@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Hv probe for lifter project
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> In regards to my last post about my lifter project, i am getting a
> large flyback from Dr. Res and a tripler, so i am set for power
> supplies. But, Now i am going to need a HV probe. I have a 10' x.5"
> piece of PVC pipe around my house, and if i put a bolt in one end, and
> one in the other, and fill it with water, will that be enough
> resistance for a HV probe? If not, what other liquid (that is commonly
> available) could i use to give me enough resistance?

  Never mind how you brew up your own resistor - regardless of what you 
use
for a home-brew resistor, how would you calibrate it?  Do you have a 
megger
or ohm-meter with reasonable accuracy in that regime of resistance?