[Test-Equipment] Another boat anchor - Del Electric High voltage supply?

[rbethman]

The only caution with coax would to NOT use it with the shield "floating".

This would leave one with a High Voltage charged capacitor.  That is 
real trouble.

The HyPot, (Brand Name.) we used, had substantially larger cable due to 
the ability and range to go to 150KV.  So we would NEVER have used 1/2" 
cable.

I use RG-213 for HV cable in amplifiers.  I simply remove the shield!  
Then I don't have issues.  Neither do I use "foam" dielectric junk.

Bob - N0DGN

On 11/5/2010 1:44 PM, Ron Youvan wrote:
>
>     My (at work) hipotter uses plain old (solid dielectric) RG-8U as it's
> output cable, the meter goes to 40 kV, but the needle and the output
> Voltage goes to 47-49 kV with no trouble, at that Voltage everything
> sizzles.  Obviously plain old (solid dielectric) RG-8U is good for a lot
> more than 5 kV.  I have tested lots of 1/2" coax (W/O connectors)
> to that nearly 50 kV all were without leakage and arcing.