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Re: Black PE any good for caps?



On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Tesla List wrote:

>  Is black PE film any good for cap making, or does the black color indicate
> some pigment (like lampblack) that's possibly conductive?
> 
>  - Mike

Mike,

I can't say for sure about the PE sheet, but I wound a secondary on some
PE drain pipe that was white on the outside and had a black layer in the
middle.  The coil was totally useless as it started arcing through the
middle at very low voltages, so I jettisoned the black poly and haven't
looked back.

Steve R.