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Re: Z-Machine Sparkage- Try this at home!!
Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist@qwest.net>" <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Indeed.. I should have said "Saran(registered trademark) Brand" of
PolyVinylideneChloride (PVDC) film. The very stuff you mention. It's
strong and thin. Actually, I would think that thin polyethylene sheeting
works too (sold here for disposable painter's tarps), but when I did the
experiment, I had the box of Saran wrap handy.
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From: "Tesla list" <tesla@pupman.com>
To: <tesla@pupman.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: Z-Machine Sparkage- Try this at home!!
> Original poster: "Matthew Smith by way of Terry Fritz
<teslalist@qwest.net>" <matt@kbc.net.au>
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> Jim -
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> >Creeping discharges along any thin layer are quite interesting. I've
tried
> >saran wrap, driven from 20kV and 14 uF and it's truly amazing....
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> Just for the record, what is saran wrap? Is this (my guess) a US brand of
> "cling wrap"?
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> Cheers
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> M
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> Matthew Smith
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