Re: Is Black Acrylic Conductive?

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Original poster: "robert & june heidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com>

Dave: I don't have an answer to your queation. The black Acrylic plastic I
have is not carbon loaded. It has a blue/black organic color which may not
be conductive.
   Robert  H
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 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 18:45:50 -0700
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Re: Is Black Acrylic Conductive?
 > Resent-From: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Resent-Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 19:09:57 -0700
 >
 > Original poster: "Mark W. Stolz by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > <mark_w_stolz-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 >
 > Dave,
 >
 > Myself and a friend both use black Plexiglas for various coil parts and
 > haven't had any problems to date.  I have wondered this myself though.
 >
 > Mark Stolz
 > Houston, TX
 >
 >
 >> Original poster: "Dave Leddon by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 >> <leddon-at-attbi-dot-com>
 >>
 >> Hi all,
 >>
 >> I was merrily going along building supports for some high voltage caps
 >> using black acrylic, because I think it looks better than the clear, when
 >> it occurred to me that black acrylic might be conductive at high voltage
 >> due to whatever color pigment is used to achieve the color.  Does anybody
 >> have any experience using this material for high voltage applications?
 >>
 >> Thanks,
 >> Dave
 >
 >
 >