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Re: strength of vacuum



Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br> 

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > Original poster: "RIAA/MPAA's Worst Nightmare" <mike.marcum-at-zoomtown-dot-com>
 >
 > I was thinking of encasing my big HV stuff/tesla coil in vacuum as opposed
 > to oil (heavy in 15+ gallon quanities).

High voltage + high vacuum = X-rays instead of anything visible.
Even vacuum capacitors must be used with care, because excessive
voltage leads to X-ray generation.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz