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I agree with Bill.  The only thing "awful" about Teflon insulated wire is 
that mechanical strippers don't work well with it.  Thermal strippers do.

Robert Downs - Houston
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In a message dated 04/25/2013 09:38:52 AM Central Daylight Time, 
wrcromwell at gmail.com writes: 
> On Thu, 2013-04-25 at 03:47 -0700, don davis wrote:
> >Yes, Kapton is the right stuff.  Teflon is awful.  Mylar film can be used 
> OK
> >as well as polyolefin tubing.  Spaghetti tubing made of fiberglass is OK 
> and
> >is period correct.  RTV might work - but ONLY electronic grade.  Leads 
> can
> >also be epoxy coated to immobilize them.  Lead inductance shouldn't make 
> a
> >difference with electrolytic caps at audio frequencies.
> >
> >73 de don ad6PB
> 
> 
> Hi Don,
> 
> I have some teflon insulated wiring that has been in place for years.
> Apparently the memo about how awful teflon is wasn't out and that wiring
> doesn't know any better than to work. Maybe those other products are
> better choices in new applications today.
> 
> Maybe the post about the lead length came from somebody who didn't know
> these caps are not being used at UHF. At power and audio frequencies the
> inductance doesn't amount to anything at all.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Bill  KU8H
>