Re: Some more Marx questions (fwd)

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Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxxxx>



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Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 18:39:06 -0700
From: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Some more Marx questions (fwd)

At 02:12 PM 7/5/2006, you wrote:
>Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 08:47:38 -0700
>From: Jonathan Peakall <jpeakall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: Some more Marx questions (fwd)
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>Dr,
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>I was hoping to avoid the use of high voltage relays. I am just a poor
>after-school science teacher, so I have to keep things on the cheap. I do
>have all the stuff to make and program a controller, so all I would need are
>the relays.

Why not use a manually operated switch. Think in terms of two pieces of 
copper  pipe (serving as the fixed terminals) and a third piece of copper 
pipe that  bridges them.