[ARC5] Tape

[J. Forster]

I would advise using think plastic sheet, like drafting mylar or the
plastic used in looseleaf sheet covers, if you can.

If you use vinly or telfon tape, they have a tendancy to cold-flow. Kapton
is fine, if you can get it.

Radio Shack sells small kits of heat-shrink tubing which might be an
option too.

Best,

-John

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> Hello Ken,
>
> It will depend on the kind of plastic. If it's PVC, eventually it will
> dissolve in its own un-released solvents and the wire will cut straight
> through. It it's Teflon, that is a little better, but it will deform if
> there is any pressure on the side wall. If it's Kapton (poly-imide) it
> should last well through the night.
>
> The other problem you need to consider is the inductance of the leads -
> they
> won't be equal. I assume the original capacitor had all leads coming out
> one
> end. The leads to the upper capacitor will be longer and have a lower self
> resonance then the shorter. You could equalise them by having all leads
> come
> out in the middle of the stack to go the bottom terminals.
>
> 73 de Brian, VK2GCE.
>
> On Thursday, April 25, 2013 4:04 PM, you said:
>
>
> <snip>>
>> 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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