[Lowfer] Hi-pot testing of pipe cap and THHN house wire today...
WE0H
[email protected]
Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:51:12 -0600
I just might have to hang the loop between two trees with that in mind. Lyle
and his wife stopped by this morning and had a look at the antennas and we
talked about hanging the loop between the trees to make sure it is safe.
I was glad to see the cap will be safe. Thanks to all who mentioned the
dielectric materials to try.
Mike>WE0H
http://www.we0h.us/lf.html
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Ralph Hartwell
Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 1:21 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Hi-pot testing of pipe cap and THHN house wire
today...
> I then took a foot of #12 THHN house wire and laid it on a sheet of
aluminum
> which had the hi-pot tester connected to the stripped end of the wire
and
> the other connection to the metal sheet. I slowly ran the DC volts to
5000
> and nothing arced at all. I then applied AC volts to it and found at
2500vac
> that the wire started to make a frying sound and emitted ozone. I
continued
> to 4500vac and the sound got louder and smelled more ozone, but no
arcs were
> seen in a dark room and the insulation didn't show any damage.
<snip>
The THHN will probably fail at that power level at LF, because the loss
factor of the insulation is higher than at 60 Hz. As soon as then
insulation becomes hot enough to soften, it becomes pretty well
conductive. Distance is your friend.
73,
Ralph W5JGV / WC2XSR / 13
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