[ARC5] Tape

[Tim]

A good application for Teflon pipe tape (if you just need insulation, not
sticky tape).  About 3 mils thick, one layer is good for well over a
kilovolt.  Great stuff...I use it in HV ferrite transformer winding
insulation all the time...
Tim
N6CC


On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 11:04 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon <
kgordon2006 at frontier.com> wrote:

> I am re-stuffing an Aerovox dual-section electrolytic capacitor. Each
> section was 10 MFD 450
> VDC. The cap was dated 1952, and is shot.
>
> I am using two new CDE WBR types, and I have JUST enough room to get them
> stacked,
> one above the other, in the old can.
>
> I have to insulate the positive end of the upper cap from the negative end
> of the lower one,
> but there is very little room.
>
> I cut several pieces of plastic electrical tape which is rated "up to 600
> V at 85 Deg C" and
> stuck them one over the other between the two caps.
>
> Are these pieces of tape going to have enough insulation properties to
> prevent an arc
> through them in this situation?
>
> Ken W7EKB
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